The Archaeology of Handedness, or, how evolution hates lefties! - Ep 222

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Chris, one of the hosts, is a lefty. He’s always had to deal with what that means. But, why are 85% of humans right-handed while only a disproportionate few are left-handed? It’s not fair! But, it is evolutionary. On today’s episode we talk about how we know when handedness in humans likely developed and why it was the right side that became dominant. Segment two features an interview for Lana Ruck, an archaeologist that studied handedness for her Master’s research.

Links

• The prehistory of handedness: Archaeological data and comparative ethology

• Ancient Humans Were Mostly Right-Handed, Too

• Archaeology discovery: Neanderthals' 'third hand' solves mystery behind left-handedness

• EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY AND HOMINID EVOLUTION: ESTABLISHING A METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING HANDEDNESS IN LITHIC MATERIALS AS A PROXY FOR COGNITIVE EVOLUTION - Lana Ruck Master’s Thesis

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Digesta, Roman Burials in Barcelona, and Standing Stones in France - Ep 221

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This week we have 3 archaeology news articles. First, even more research points to animal digesta playing a crucial role in providing nutrition to prehistoric peoples. Once again, this also challenges the traditional idea that men were the hunters in hunter-gatherer societies. Then we head over to Barcelona were 9 Roman era burials were found below the city streets. And finally, a site with 37 standing stones has been bull dozed to make way for a hardware store in France.

Links

• ‘Man, the hunter’? Archaeologists’ assumptions about gender roles in past humans ignore an icky but potentially crucial part of original ‘paleo diet’ - The Conversation

• TAS Digesta Episode 216

• Ancient graves with 1,500-year-old human remains found below city streets

• Anger as pre-historic stones destroyed for French DIY store

• Fury in France after ancient stones destroyed to make for DIY store

• Bonus: Archaeologists in Armenia Unearth a Bakery—Complete With 3,000-Year-Old Flour

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Desert Kite Blueprints, Ancient Dysentery, and Stone Receipts - Ep 220

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On today’s show we have 3 news stories from the Middle East. The first story is about rock art “blueprints” for desert kites in Jordan. Then we move over to Jerusalem where researchers have tested the microbes left behind in ancient toilets and a stone receipt was found on the pilgrimage road between the gates of the city and the temple. We finish up with a short update about the archaeology project in downtown Miami.

Links

• Stone Engravings of Mysterious Ancient Megastructures May Be World's Oldest 'Blueprints'

• Desert Kites, Miami Pre-History, and Illicit Antiquities - TAS 165

• Ancient toilets unearthed in Jerusalem reveal a debilitating and sometimes fatal disease

• A 2,000-Year-Old Chalkstone Receipt, Carved With Customer Names and Prices, Was Just Uncovered in Jerusalem

• Archaeologists at the ancient Tequesta site in Miami are getting sick, at risk of cancer

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Amazing New Views of the Titanic, Pompei Revelations, and a Rare Mayan God - Ep 219

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We’ve got three stories about pretty well known places or events. The first contains a video and pictures representing over 700,000 images that were stitched together to form the most complete views of the Titanic, ever! We then go to Pompeii to discover that not everyone died as a result of the eruption of Vesuvius. Finally, we head down to Maya country to see a CRM project find a rare sculpture of a Mayan god.

Links

• Titanic: First ever full-sized scans reveal wreck as never seen before

• Skeletons found in Pompeii ruins reveal deaths by earthquake, not just Vesuvius’ ancient eruption

• Archaeologists Digging Along a Train Route in Mexico Have Found an Extremely Rare Statue of a Maya Deity

• K’awiil: Ancient Maya Lightning Lord

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Archaeology Drama! - Ep 218

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We saved the drama for, well, YOU this time! We start with an archaeologist that’s trying to build somewhat of an archaeology theme park in Guatemala and the local community isn’t having it. Then we go to Netflix’s latest blunder regarding a show about Cleopatra. Finally, if you find something in England with your metal detector you’d better report it or suffer the consequences.

Links

• U.S. Archeologist Seeks to Privatize Maya Historic Sites in the Name of Conservation

• What was behind the protest against an archaeologist at last week’s L.A. Times Book Festival

• Protesters disrupt talk by archaeologist Richard Hansen at L.A. Times Festival of Books

• Cleopatra wasn't a Black woman, Egypt tells Netflix in a feud over new drama-documentary

• Was Cleopatra a Black African Queen?

• Tea Break Episode with the Vintage Egyptologist

• Metal detectorists face years in jail for £766K Anglo Saxon coin plot

• Two men convicted of conspiring to sell 9th century Anglo-Saxon coins

• These Ninth-Century Coins Change Our Understanding of Alfred the Great

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