With a primitive canoe, scientists echo the prehistoric sailor

With a primitive canoe, scientists echo the prehistoric sailor

Provided by Will Dunham (Reuters) -Our species originated in Africa about 300,000 years ago, and later moved ahead worldwide, eventually reaching the remote areas of the Earth. In doing so, our ancestors have overcome geographic obstacles, including insidious ocean plan. But how did they do it using only the initial technology? Now the researchers have … Read more

This week’s discoveries include new clues of the mysterious species of fossil skull

This week’s discoveries include new clues of the mysterious species of fossil skull

Editor’s Note: The version of this story appeared on the CNN Wonder Theory Science Science information ballot. To get it in your received, Sign up for free here; The tens of thousands of years of our species – Homo Sapiens – mixed and intervened in other prehistoric people: our distant cousins, Neanderthals and Denisovana. Hundreds … Read more

Tools made of whale bones reveal the ingenuity of prehistoric people

Tools made of whale bones reveal the ingenuity of prehistoric people

Provided by Will Dunham (Reuters. Researchers said tools, in particular hunting implements, such as projectile points, were made of at least five large bones of the whale. Sperm whale bones were the most abundant, followed by fins, gray whales, right or arc head whales – two species that are not distinguished from the analysis of … Read more