Public Seminar (online): “A Continental Perspective: How Animals Took Their Place in Ancient History” by Prof. Christophe Chandezon of Université Paul-Valéry,
Montpellier
7th March 2024 at 5pm GMT
All are very welcome to attend
@rebeccasear Odd to write about this and omit the fact that the ancient Greek nobility idealised sex between men. The two fellows who shared a wife may not have been particularly interested in her charms between their rare duty-bound procreative visits to her bed.
Abstract: “Placing the origin of an undeciphered script in time is crucial to understanding the invention of writing in human history. Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, developed a script, now engraved on fewer than 30 wooden objects, which is still undeciphered. Its origins are also obscure. Central to this issue is...
Abstract: “The Middle Jurassic was a critical time in pterosaur evolution, witnessing the appearance of major morphological innovations that underpinned successive radiations by rhamphorhynchids, basally branching monofenestratans, and pterodactyloids. Frustratingly, this interval is particularly sparsely sampled, with a...
“Following the arrival of the first farmers in Scandinavia 5,900 years ago, the hunter-gatherer population was wiped out within a few generations, according to a new study. The results, which are contrary to prevailing opinion, are based on DNA analysis of skeletons and teeth found in what is now Denmark.”...
🪔 For #ReliefWednesay: a funerary stele with the insignia of a centurion from #Burnum, #Croatia. Dated to the 1st quarter of the 1st c. AD, it depicts a set of nine phalerae connected by a belt. 👉 It is now in the Archaeological Museum of #Zadar, Croatia. 📸 me
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A submerged Stone Age hunting architecture from the Western Baltic Sea (open access in US) (doi.org)
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The invention of writing on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). New radiocarbon dates on the Rongorongo script (doi.org)
Abstract: “Placing the origin of an undeciphered script in time is crucial to understanding the invention of writing in human history. Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, developed a script, now engraved on fewer than 30 wooden objects, which is still undeciphered. Its origins are also obscure. Central to this issue is...
A new pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Skye, Scotland and the early diversification of flying reptiles (doi.org)
Abstract: “The Middle Jurassic was a critical time in pterosaur evolution, witnessing the appearance of major morphological innovations that underpinned successive radiations by rhamphorhynchids, basally branching monofenestratans, and pterodactyloids. Frustratingly, this interval is particularly sparsely sampled, with a...
Scandinavia's first farmers slaughtered the hunter-gatherer population, study finds (www.sciencedaily.com)
“Following the arrival of the first farmers in Scandinavia 5,900 years ago, the hunter-gatherer population was wiped out within a few generations, according to a new study. The results, which are contrary to prevailing opinion, are based on DNA analysis of skeletons and teeth found in what is now Denmark.”...