12_because the latter’s lands are where Monique Crippen-Hopkins’ ancestors worked, lived Image by Jim Surkamp George Washington, Jefferson County & the Thompsons (1) by Jim Surkamp By Jim Surkamp on November 8, 2016 in Jefferson County POST civilwarscholars.com/2016/11/george-washington-jefferson-... 2125 words VIDEO: George Washington, Jefferson County And the … [Read more...] about 12_because the latter’s lands are where Monique Crippen-Hopkins’ ancestors worked, lived
Ancestors
What archaeology tells us about the music and sounds made by Africa’s ancestors | The Conversation
What archaeology tells us about the music and sounds made by Africa's ancestors: ShutterstockMusic has been part and parcel of humanity for a long time. Not every sound is musical, but sound has meaning and sometimes the meaning of sound is specific to its context. But when it comes to archaeology there is scant evidence of music or sound … [Read more...] about What archaeology tells us about the music and sounds made by Africa’s ancestors | The Conversation
A tiny bone from Little Foot’s skeleton adds fresh insights into what our ancestors could do | The Conversation
A tiny bone from Little Foot's skeleton adds fresh insights into what our ancestors could do: Little Foot's skull, with the arrow on the right-hand image indicating the specimen's atlas. R.J. Clarke/Author suppliedIn his book Wonderful Life, Professor Stephen Jay Gould – an evolutionary biologist, palaeontologist and widely-read popular science author – described the … [Read more...] about A tiny bone from Little Foot’s skeleton adds fresh insights into what our ancestors could do | The Conversation
How we deduced that our ancestors liked roast vegetables too | The Conversation
How we deduced that our ancestors liked roast vegetables too: The rhizomes of this flowering plant, Hypoxis angustifolia, were cooked by early humans. © Lyn WadleyArchaeological work at the Border Cave site has revealed the earliest evidence for cooked root vegetables. Border Cave lies between South Africa and eSwatini and has a remarkable record of human habitation. Hot, … [Read more...] about How we deduced that our ancestors liked roast vegetables too | The Conversation
Fossil find offers first evidence of four-legged aquatic ancestors in Africa | The Conversation
Fossil find offers first evidence of four-legged aquatic ancestors in Africa: An artist's impression of Tutusius at Waterloo Farm. Illustration by Maggie NewmanSome of our ancestors had four legs, a finned tail and lived in water. They were aquatic tetrapods which, after the end of the Devonian period 359 million years ago, increasingly moved onto the land. These land … [Read more...] about Fossil find offers first evidence of four-legged aquatic ancestors in Africa | The Conversation
