Big Animals and the Humans That Love (to eat) Them - Ep 276

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Today’s episode is all about mega-fauna and human interactions. Our first story takes us to a creek in Iowa where the first complete mastodon for that state has been found. Next we go to UC Berkeley where researchers think they’ve figured out, through research and experimental archaeology, how early humans took down those big animals. Finally we move over to Spain where new research is suggesting that Neanderthals didn’t ONLY eat big, slow, animals but adapted to take down smaller game. They were smarter than we think they were, of course!

Links

• Segment 1

  • 13,600-year-old prehistoric mammal found preserved in Iowa creek, researchers say

• Segment 2

  • Early humans used an interesting technique to hunt big animals

  • Clovis points and foreshafts under braced weapon compression: Modeling Pleistocene megafauna encounters with a lithic pike

• Segment 3

  • New Archaeological Discoveries Challenge Widely Held Beliefs About Neanderthals

  • Living on the edge: Abric Pizarro, a MIS 4 Neanderthal site in the lowermost foothills of the southeastern Pre-Pyrenees (Lleida, Iberian Peninsula)

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Conclusive evidence that Vikings arrived well before Columbus - Ep 242

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On this week’s news episode we start with two stories about slavery. The first comes from the discovery of a 2000 year old child’s show found in an Austrian mine. The second is from Ghana and the discovery of Britain’s first slave fort in Africa. Finally, we learn about conclusive evidence of Vikings arriving in the Americas well before Columbus.

Links

• 2,000-Year-Old Child's Shoe Found in Austrian Mine
  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/2000-year-old-childs-shoe-found-in-austria-180982946/

• 2000-year-old child’s leather shoe discovered in Austrian salt mine
  https://archaeologymag.com/2023/09/childs-leather-shoe-discovered-in-austria/

• Dig reveals the roots of Britain’s slave trade — and the bloody birth of our world
  https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dig-reveals-the-roots-of-britains-slave-trade-and-the-bloody-birth-of-the-modern-world-ll5zzbmnn

• 'First English slave fort in Africa' uncovered on Ghana's coast

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66359512

• A Stunning Discovery Proves That Vikings Reached the Americas Before Columbus

• https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a45823574/vikings-in-america-before-columbus-new-discovery/

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Do Oral Histories Point to an EXTREMELY Early Arrival into the Americas? - Ep 232

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On this news episode we start with a cool discovery in England and a great law that benefits everyone. Then we go to Spain and some very ancient burial practices. Finally, we look at one researcher that things oral histories, language, and genetics point to a massively early arrival of humans to the Americas.

Links

• Amateur archaeologists 'disbelief' after finding rare Roman treasure in field: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1805750/archaeology-roman-treasure-britain-spt

• Ancient Human Remains Reveal How The Stone Age Buried Its Dead: https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-human-remains-reveal-how-the-stone-age-buried-its-dead?utm_campaign=AppleNews&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=AppleNews

• Estimated time of arrival: https://apple.news/A6eykC_LuRlakW-OlZl1TcA

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Giant Hand Axes, Iron Age Textiles, and Ancient Oregonians - Ep 226

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We’ve got three news stories for you today. First we go to England and find out just how big a “giant hand axe” is. Then we learn about textiles and jewelry from an Iron Age cremation burial. Finally, we’re honing in on the oldest human sites in North America with some new dates from a site in Oregon.

Links

• Segment 1

  • Giant Hand Axes Discovered in England Point to Prehistoric Humans' 'Strength and Skill'

  • Ingray, L, et al, “On the Discovery of a Late Acheulean 'Giant' Handaxe from the Maritime Academy, Frindsbury, Kent” - Journal: Internet Archaeology

• Segment 2

  • Early Iron Age cremation burial containing bronze jewelry and rare textile fragments found in Austria

• Segment 3

  • Ancient find suggests Oregon had one of North America’s oldest human-occupied sites

  • The Museum of Natural and Cultural History - Oregon, Facebook Page

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