Rejected headlines for this include: "2 tiny ptarmigan carvings unearthed from prehistoric cave in Germany" and "Two birds, one Stone Age cave." 🧪🏺

40,000-year-old bird figurines the size of a thumbnail discovered in German cave

Two newly discovered bird carvings reveal early humans' keen eye for artistry in the ice age world 40,000 years ago.

livescience.com

Do you like the sound of your own voice? If so, it could have its roots in laughter. Interesting read on the role of laughter and the origin of speech.

Differences in human and great ape laughter reveal clues to the origin of speech

A new study of great ape laughter also gives clues about how humans’ ancient ancestors started speaking.

theconversation.com

Pretty darn good/ comprehensive interview. Few spanners thrown in the works too. 😉

What can the latest fossil discoveries tell us about our origins — and why are we the only human species left? youtube.com/watch?v=YmN5...

I'm sure Homo erectus will be super pleased Indonesia is reclaiming their evolutionary history. After all, Homo erectus hungout there for around 1.5 million years.

‘This time, it’s the other way around’: how Indonesia is reclaiming the science of human history

After a massive restructuring of its research ecosystem, Indonesia is taking the lead on its own palaeontological research.

nature.com

Once owned by (vice-president) Nelson Rockefeller (from the Rockefeller clan), now being kept in the Cleveland Museum of Art. 100%, a symbol of fertility, matriarchal/ community resistance and, I'd guess, alienation. And a pretty cool minimalist design which had a significant impact on Cubism.

Kristina Killgrove@killgrove.bsky.social · last mo.

This week’s astonishing artifact is The Stargazer: an ancient figurine that was owned by a US vice president and that inspired cubist artists. 🏺🧪

New study from a cave in Türkiye suggests Neanderthals and Homo sapiens groups "lived in strikingly similar ways and even shared symbolic traditions over thousands of years." Research by I. Baykara et al. (link to original paper in the article). #anthropology #paleoanthropology #archaeology #cave

Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared culture for over 20,000 years, cave study suggests | Archaeology News Online Magazine

New cave evidence from Türkiye suggests Neanderthals and Homo sapiens shared culture, tools, and symbolic traditions for 20,000 years.

archaeologymag.com

Sure they'll be more to come

CChris Stringer@chrisbstringer.bsky.social · last mo.

My thoughts on the paper about 'Hobbit' capabilities

Taphonomic analysis at Liang Bua reveals the behavioral and technological capabilities of Homo floresiensis | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Taphonomic analysis at Liang Bua reveals the behavioral and technological capabilities of Homo floresiensis

Homo floresiensis scavenged Stegodon and did not use fire, challenging previous claims of advanced behavior.

science.org