Beyond bones & stones
In the 1970's, the Apidima Cave site in Greece was excavated by archaeologists. Lodged within a chunk of rock was the Apidima 1 specimen. It was found adjacent to a distorted 170,000 year old Neanderthal skull called Apidima 2. In the image below you can see how close in proximity the two specimens were discovered.... Continue Reading →
A quick bit of linguistic anthropology to round off your Wednesday afternoon. Greek linguist, Ioanna Sitaridou, located a population of people in Northeastern Turkish villages, near the Black Sea (or Pontus), speaking the Romeyka dialect of ancient Greek. Ancient Greek has not been in use for thousands of years, so a finding like this can give... Continue Reading →
Some heavy hitting names are behind an upcoming paper on Neandertal mobility, which is based upon an isotope analysis of a tooth. A couple of them that you may recognize are Katerina Harvati and Jean-Jacques Hublin. The AP press is saying this research is the first direct evidence the links a Neandertal and his or... Continue Reading →
