There is so much history (the majority) that we just don't have a clue about.
Absolutely astounding that we can create research & knowledge like this to help better understand our past, navigate our present, and build a more fruitful future for all.
Absolutely astounding that we can create research & knowledge like this to help better understand our past, navigate our present, and build a more fruitful future for all.
https://twitter.com/Peter_Nimitz/status/1389739277513216006
The oldest known bed comes from South Africa and is dated to around 200,000 yrs ago (previous oldest was 80,000 yrs old, also from South Africa).
That means homo sapiens have been using beds for far, far longer than anyone previously though.
SO COOL!!!
open.spotify.com/episode/2i0MJO…
That means homo sapiens have been using beds for far, far longer than anyone previously though.
SO COOL!!!
open.spotify.com/episode/2i0MJO…
The middle east was so much more intellectual and forward thinking then history gives credit.
https://twitter.com/PsyPhiDanny/status/1391401953515786243?s=19
Now that we know that humans have destroyed ecosystems for at least 90,000+years (or longer), how best can we CURRENT humans use this information?
Maybe the biggest lesson is CAUTION! Sometimes once things die, they never come back.
(H/T - @wrathofgnon )
hf.uio.no/iakh/english/r…
Maybe the biggest lesson is CAUTION! Sometimes once things die, they never come back.
(H/T - @wrathofgnon )
hf.uio.no/iakh/english/r…
No such thing as a tree (phylogenetically) via @eukaryotetweets
"Heard about carcinization, the process by which ocean arthropods convergently evolve into crabs? You say you get it now? Sit down. Sit down. Shut up. Listen. You don’t know nothing yet."
eukaryotewritesblog.com/2021/05/02/the…
"Heard about carcinization, the process by which ocean arthropods convergently evolve into crabs? You say you get it now? Sit down. Sit down. Shut up. Listen. You don’t know nothing yet."
eukaryotewritesblog.com/2021/05/02/the…
Homo Erectus spoke, so Homo Sapiens could shitpost.
In inventing language over 1 million years ago, "Homo erectus changed the world more than any creature since, including their grandchild, Homo sapien."
aeon.co/essays/tools-a…
In inventing language over 1 million years ago, "Homo erectus changed the world more than any creature since, including their grandchild, Homo sapien."
aeon.co/essays/tools-a…
Taxes in the ancient world: Cacao beans, jaguar skins, bee honey, and even live animals.
https://twitter.com/SeshatDatabank/status/1392911556837531649
History's lessons are everywhere, if only we were to look.
https://twitter.com/find_evil/status/1402381289093742598?s=19
"That suggests the forest gardens were not only deliberately cultivated by Indigenous gardeners, but also remained resilient in the face of dominant local flora long after people left the scene, the researchers report today in Ecology and Society."
sciencemag.org/news/2021/04/p…
sciencemag.org/news/2021/04/p…
A thread on how homo sapiens populated the world
https://twitter.com/Aabhas24/status/1403052630532780034?s=19
Congrats on this @lauradietrich_!!!
"The clues from #GöbekliTepe reveal that ancient humans relied on grains much earlier than was previously thought — even before there is evidence that these plants were domesticated." - @Nature
(H/T: @wrathofgnon )
nature.com/articles/d4158…
"The clues from #GöbekliTepe reveal that ancient humans relied on grains much earlier than was previously thought — even before there is evidence that these plants were domesticated." - @Nature
(H/T: @wrathofgnon )
nature.com/articles/d4158…
Wooooooah, how trippy would this have been back then?
https://twitter.com/simongerman600/status/1415083632243486721?s=19
The fact that the Appalachian mountains are older than the Atlantic Ocean is absolutely incredible, but an even more astounding fact IS THAT WE EVEN KNOW IT.
https://twitter.com/AlexPetrovnia/status/1415665948355403778?s=09
Vast generations of knowledge, spirit, and humanity lost through the ever relentless conquering mind virus that has plagued our species since our coming to being.
https://twitter.com/Paracelsus1092/status/1423520215015608322?s=19
Message sticks from Australia could give clues about the possibility of the lost knowledge of hunter gatherer writing
https://twitter.com/mnvrsngh/status/1425804286169018369?s=19
Stunningly beautiful vases from 3rd century BC!!!
Yo @Sethrogen, can you make some designs like this in your next vase?! 😂
Yo @Sethrogen, can you make some designs like this in your next vase?! 😂
https://twitter.com/ArtifactsHub_/status/1426124311245377538?s=19
Humans are absolutely fascinating.
https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1434562937721589764?s=19
Thread via @Peter_Nimitz
“The Archaeology of South Asia: From the Indus to Asoka” by Robin Coningham and Ruth Young"
“The Archaeology of South Asia: From the Indus to Asoka” by Robin Coningham and Ruth Young"
https://twitter.com/Peter_Nimitz/status/1417030747664183299?s=19
Sex is Scottish. The fact that we know that about history is astounding.
https://twitter.com/desondy/status/1438788965889413125?s=19
History of British & Irish Languages
https://twitter.com/irarchaeology/status/1439998764199067652?s=19
Humans may of populated North America much earlier than the current mainstream consensus
https://twitter.com/BrianRoemmele/status/1441125453851332613?s=19
Human Prehistory needs to be rewritten
https://twitter.com/timurkuran/status/1441983391478525952?s=19
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