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Dr. Sonja B. Grimm<p>Budianto Hakim and colleagues have published in <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> seven flaked stone <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/artefacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artefacts</span></a> from the Early <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pleistocene</span></a> found in situ on the Wallacean island <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Sulawesi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sulawesi</span></a> / <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesia</span></a>. They date the find horizon to 1.04 million years but state that it possibly may be as old as 1.48 million years. Hence, this is currently the oldest evidence of <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/hominins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hominins</span></a> crossing ocean straights to get to new territories.<br><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09348-6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41586-025</span><span class="invisible">-09348-6</span></a></p>
Marcus Brandel<p>🫎It’s a <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bisonbison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bisonbison</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Alcesalces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alcesalces</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a>! 🐂🐴🐘🦥🐪 These <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LostBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LostBones</span></a> skulls come from Kittson County, Minnesota—the northeastern most county in the state, known as “where Minnesota begins.” Many other species and elements are also displayed. </p><p>If any of these great specimens are your donations and you have more details, please reach out through the link in my profile.</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KittsonCountyHistoryCenter/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">facebook.com/KittsonCountyHist</span><span class="invisible">oryCenter/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pleistocene</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Skulls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Skulls</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fossils</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shareyourdiscovery</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Citizenscience</span></a></p>
Wolfgang Traylor<p>What did Beringia look like in the last “ice-age?” Alistair Monteath et al.¹ have just published an impressive review article!<br>I will need some time to read through it.<br>The more detailed fossil-based understanding of vegetation and soil is really important for a clearer picture of the plant–herbivore interactions. In the end, it’s so much more complex than the naïve concept of a homogenous mammoth steppe grassland…</p><p>¹ <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2025.109527" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.20</span><span class="invisible">25.109527</span></a><br><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Beringia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Beringia</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Mammoth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mammoth</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pleistocene</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Quaternary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quaternary</span></a></p>
Radical Anthropology<p>More complexity in <a href="https://c.im/tags/fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossil</span></a> lineages of <a href="https://c.im/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>'s Middle <a href="https://c.im/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pleistocene</span></a> revealed at <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hualongdong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hualongdong</span></a> site </p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/hominin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hominin</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palaeontology</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-07-unearthed-teeth-reveal-human-diversity.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-07-unearthe</span><span class="invisible">d-teeth-reveal-human-diversity.html</span></a></p>
Marcus Brandel<p>🐂 Happy <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a>! 🐴🐘🦥🐪 These bison teeth are survivors. This photo was taken at the bottom of Lake Bronson, Minnesota, which has been drawn down as part of the ongoing dam replacement project. I had the opportunity to participate in a archaeological survey there last Saturday.</p><p>The teeth spent nearly 90 years submerged beneath the lake, and an estimated 250 to several thousand years on the landscape before the reservoir’s creation.</p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pleistocene</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LakeBronson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LakeBronson</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bison</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/CitizenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenScience</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Teeth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Teeth</span></a></p>
Marcus Brandel<p>🐴 <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LostBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LostBones</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a> 🐟🐘🦥🐪 In the summer of 2012, students from the Geology Department at Gustavus Adolphus College collected over 800 bones on the Des Moines River near Jackson, Minnesota. </p><p>This crunchy but beautiful left horse femur was part of the project and is now housed at the Jackson County Historical Society in Lakefield.</p><p>Jackson County: <a href="http://www.jchsmn.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="">jchsmn.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Lost Bones: <a href="https://medium.com/@dbrake40" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">medium.com/@dbrake40</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pleistocene</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/equus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equus</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/femur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>femur</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/shareyourdiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shareyourdiscovery</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/citizenscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>citizenscience</span></a></p>
Marcus Brandel<p>🐂🐴 <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LostBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LostBones</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a> 🐟🐘🦥🐪 An in-person, eye-to-orbit visit is always best! This is the Scheirel bison skeleton, currently on display at the Paynesville Area Historical Society. It was reconstructed by William Scheirel after a dredging operation on his property in October 1975.</p><p>Originally displayed at Zapf's Leather Shop in Paynesville, the skeleton was donated to the historical society in the mid-1990s.</p><p><a href="https://paynesvillehistorical.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">paynesvillehistorical.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pleistocene</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bison</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/CitizenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenScience</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fossil</span></a></p>
Radical Anthropology<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a> developed extraordinary technology for extraction of fat, vital nutrition from large mammal bones</p><p>'What makes Neumark-Nord so exceptional is the preservation of an entire landscape, not just a single site,’ notes Leiden-based author Prof. Wil Roebroeks. ‘We see Neanderthals hunting and minimally butchering deer in one area, processing elephants intensively in another, and—as this study shows—rendering fat from hundreds of mammal skeletons in a centralized location. There’s even some evidence of plant use, which is rarely preserved. This broad range of behaviors in the same landscape gives us a much richer picture of their culture.’'</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pleistocene</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/diet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diet</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025/07/neanderthals-ran-fat-factories-125000-years-ago" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/</span><span class="invisible">2025/07/neanderthals-ran-fat-factories-125000-years-ago</span></a></p>
Radical Anthropology<p>Some dispute over dating of early entry to Sahul (<a href="https://c.im/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pleistocene</span></a> Greater <a href="https://c.im/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>) where the site of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Madjedbebe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Madjedbebe</span></a> could be 64 Kya. How can this be consistent with a tight window of 50-55 Kya for the major ancestral migration of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Homosapiens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homosapiens</span></a> from <a href="https://c.im/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a>? Constraining those dates comes from the Neanderthal admixed sequences found today in all outofAfrican descendants. <br>BUT<br>Isn't it possible that the people who were in Sahul by 65 Kya (Madjedbebe etc) just don't happen to be ancestors for people today who got there a bit later? Can't both be right?</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Palaeogenomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeogenomics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/OutofAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OutofAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>migration</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/arco.70005" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10</span><span class="invisible">.1002/arco.70005</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ochrewatts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ochrewatts</span></a></span></p>
LumiWorx<p>You can lead a man out of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pleistocene</span></a>, but you can't breed the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neanderthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthal</span></a> out of today's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a>.</p>
Marcus Brandel<p>🐂🐴 <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/CountingBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CountingBones</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a> 🐟🐘🦥🐪 The second most common bison element, above molars, across the state of Minnesota is the mandible. <br>Lost Bones: <a href="https://medium.com/@dbrake40" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">medium.com/@dbrake40</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>.<br>.<br>.<br><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pleistocene</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bison</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fossils</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/CitizenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenScience</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Mandible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mandible</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LostBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LostBones</span></a></p>
Radical Anthropology<p>The highest human-occupied <a href="https://c.im/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australian</span></a> rock shelter from the Last Glacial Maximum, peak Ice Age 20,000 years ago. </p><p>'Archaeologists say the huge rock hollow was a camping spot “kind of like the Hyatt of the mountains”, occupied continuously until about 400 years ago.'<br>..<br>'The groundbreaking study, funded by the Australian Museum Foundation, was a collaboration between archaeologists and Aboriginal custodians who have spent six years mapping rock shelters across the greater Blue Mountains area, spanning 1m hectares of mostly untouched wilderness west of Sydney.</p><p>'Some sites are known only to a handful of Aboriginal people or intrepid bushwalkers. Others have only just been rediscovered.'</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pleistocene</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/songlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>songlines</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Darug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Darug</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wiradjuri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wiradjuri</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Gomeroi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gomeroi</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/17/dargan-cave-shelter-ice-age-site" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/jun/17/dargan-cave-shelter-ice-age-site</span></a></p>
Jens Notroff<p>Original study: A. K. Wiborg Runge et al., Multifaceted analysis reveals diet and kinship of Late <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pleistocene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TumatPuppies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TumatPuppies</span></a>, Quaternary Research, publ. online 12 June 2025. 🔒 💵</p><p><a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/quaternary-research/article/abs/multifaceted-analysis-reveals-diet-and-kinship-of-late-pleistocene-tumat-puppies/B4DC077D8A6C18FD96F7E8E0D3428A46" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cambridge.org/core/journals/qu</span><span class="invisible">aternary-research/article/abs/multifaceted-analysis-reveals-diet-and-kinship-of-late-pleistocene-tumat-puppies/B4DC077D8A6C18FD96F7E8E0D3428A46</span></a></p>
Archaeology News :verified:<p>Oldest whale bone tools discovered in Europe reveal Stone Age humans used marine resources 20,000 years ago</p><p>A recent study has revealed that humans living on the Atlantic coast of modern-day France and Spain were crafting tools from whale bones as far back as 20,000 years ago—much earlier than previously thought...</p><p>More information: <a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/oldest-whale-bone-tools-discovered-in-europe/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeologymag.com/2025/05/old</span><span class="invisible">est-whale-bone-tools-discovered-in-europe/</span></a></p><p>Follow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@archaeology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>archaeology</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeologynews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeologynews</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/whalebone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whalebone</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/zooarchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zooarchaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/stoneage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stoneage</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pleistocene</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/huntergatherer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>huntergatherer</span></a></p>
Marcus Brandel<p>🐂 <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LostBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LostBones</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a> 🐘🦥🐴🐪🍃 This striking left bison femur was discovered in Glenwood, Minnesota, during maintenance of the now-defunct ski hill in Barsness Park. The specimen was donated to the Pope County Historical Society in 1999.</p><p><a href="https://popecountymuseum.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">popecountymuseum.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/GlenwoodMN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlenwoodMN</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pleistocene</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bison</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bisonbison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bisonbison</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/MinnesotaHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinnesotaHistory</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paleontology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/CitizenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenScience</span></a></p><p>See the link in my profile for more Pleistocene specimens and their stories of discovery and preservation.</p>
Archaeology News :verified:<p>Prehistoric animal remains in Iran’s Wezmeh Cave reveal Zagros biodiversity</p><p>In a breakthrough discovery revealing ancient biodiversity and the first human-animal interaction, archaeologists found a collection of Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene animal remains from Wezmeh Cave in the western Zagros Mountains of Iran, near Kermanshah...</p><p>More information: <a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/prehistoric-animal-remains-in-irans-wezmeh-cave/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeologymag.com/2025/05/pre</span><span class="invisible">historic-animal-remains-in-irans-wezmeh-cave/</span></a></p><p>Follow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@archaeology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>archaeology</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeologynews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeologynews</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wezmehcave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wezmehcave</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pleistocene</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/holocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>holocene</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/zooarchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zooarchaeology</span></a></p>
Archaeology News :verified:<p>Homo erectus in Java: 140,000-year-old fossils found in submerged river valley</p><p>A recent discovery in the seas off Java’s northeast, in the Madura Strait, is giving a previously unimaginable insight into the life of Homo erectus in the late Middle Pleistocene...</p><p>More information: <a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/homo-erectus-in-java-140000-year-old-fossils/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeologymag.com/2025/05/hom</span><span class="invisible">o-erectus-in-java-140000-year-old-fossils/</span></a></p><p>Follow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@archaeology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>archaeology</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeologynews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeologynews</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fossils</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pleistocene</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/homoerectus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homoerectus</span></a></p>
Marcus Brandel<p>🐂<a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LostBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LostBones</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a> 🦥Another huge historical museum in Minnesota! The Pine County History Museum in Askov occupies an entire former high school, features its own café, and even houses a full-sized replica of the Wright brothers' airplane. The lone Bison occidentalis skull pictured has a 79cm horn core span. It was unearthed by the Alexander Construction near a creek in Pine County - May 1968. </p><p><a href="http://www.pinecountyhistoricalsociety.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pinecountyhistoricalsociety.or</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a></p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@dbrake40" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">medium.com/@dbrake40</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>.<br>.<br><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pleistocene</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/CitizenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenScience</span></a></p>
Marcus Brandel<p>🐂🐴 <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/LostBones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LostBones</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFriday</span></a> 🐟🐘🦥🐪 Bison specimens from Martin County, Minnesota. I was short on time, so this museum will need a revisit as I'm certain there are some equine specimens along with the bovine here—can you spot them? 😉<br>Museum: <a href="https://www.mchsmn.org" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mchsmn.org</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>Lost Bones: <a href="https://medium.com/@dbrake40" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">medium.com/@dbrake40</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>.<br>.<br>.<br><a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/MartinCountyHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MartinCountyHistory</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pleistocene</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Bison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bison</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Horse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Horse</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeontology</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fossils</span></a> <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/CitizenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenScience</span></a></p>
Archaeology News :verified:<p>New Holocene Aboriginal rock art style identified in Australia</p><p>A recent study led by Dr. Ana Paula Motta, in collaboration with the Balanggarra Aboriginal Corporation, has uncovered a previously unknown style of rock art in Australia’s north-east Kimberley region..</p><p>More information: <a href="https://archaeologymag.com/2025/04/new-rock-art-style-identified-in-australia/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archaeologymag.com/2025/04/new</span><span class="invisible">-rock-art-style-identified-in-australia/</span></a></p><p>Follow <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@archaeology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>archaeology</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archeology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/archaeologynews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archaeologynews</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pleistocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pleistocene</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/arthistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arthistory</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rockart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rockart</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/holocene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>holocene</span></a></p>