There’s news buzzing about the fossilized remains of a human-like child, from 3.3-million-year-ago. The remains have been unearthed in Ethiopia’s Dikika region and are believed to be of a female Australopithecus afarensis bones are from the same species as an adult skeleton found in 1974 which was nicknamed “Lucy.” As of now, these remains [...]
September 26, 2006
9,500-year-old Syrian decorated skulls
Dienekes informs us of a French-Syrian archaeological mission discovery of decorated human skulls dating back to 9,500 years ago near Damascus, Syria. The find was located at a burial site near a prehistoric (actually Neolithic site of Tell Aswad, at Jaidet al-Khass village. The five skulls were found earlier this month in a pit [...]
