North America’s Oldest Petroglyphs - Archaeology Magazine
Winnemucca Lake, Nevada
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Ready for Graham, Randall, and others to chime in on the conclusions of this article...seems like weak evidence to me, but surely could be a factor.
https://phys.org/news/2020-07-texas-cave-sediment-... View More
Texas cave sediment upends meteorite explanation for global cooling
Texas researchers from the University of Houston, Baylor University and Texas A&M University have discovered evidence for why the earth cooled dramatically 13,000 years ago, dropping temperatures
Actually from doing our Supervolcano episode and research I 100% thought a supervolcano hypothesis should be a factor whether it is the sole cause or they were initiated by an impact which may have caused hotspots. Add it to the impact, solar flare, and now supervolcano list. The article leaves some... View More
To melt an ice age it could have been hell on earth with multiple things going on at once. I would be lying if I didn't say I had weird suspicions and gut feelings this could be a possibility when researching supervolcanoes.
Mystery of origin of Stonehenge stones solved
Archaeologists have pinpointed the source of the stones to an area 15 miles north of the site.
This one is from a few months back but bumps Homo Erectus back to around 2 million ya
https://theconversation.com/fossil-find-suggests-homo-erectus-emerged-200-000-years-earlier-than-thought-135068
Fossil find suggests _Homo erectus_ emerged 200,000 years earlier than thought
This is a hugely important find. It means that one of our earlier ancestors possibly originated in southern Africa.
As Graham would say... "Things keep getting older".
https://www.livescience.com/first-north-americans-30000-years-ago.html
First Americans may have arrived to the continent 30,000 years ago
A remote cave in Mexico has human-made stone tools dating to about 30,000 years ago.
Reminds me a bit of this one...
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2129042-first-americans-may-have-been-neanderthals-130000-years-ago/