Never mind Band-Aids, Neanderthals had antiseptic birch tar
Our view of Neanderthal life keeps getting more complex and vibrant.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/never-mind-band-aids-neanderthals-had-antiseptic-birch-tar/#ancient-people-did-stuff #anthropology #antibiotics #archaeology #herbal-remedies #hominins #neanderthals #paleoanthropology #science
Turning Points in the Evolution of Wine – SAPIENS
Before the biochemistry of fermentation was scientifically understood, the magical transformation of grape juice into wine was seen as the work of divinities. With its ability to lift the spirits and encourage conviviality, friendship, and even love, wine was consi…
#wine #MediterraneanWine #Wine #español #food #history #Hominins #Mediterranean #Paleolithic
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2560950/turning-points-in-the-evolution-of-wine-sapiens/
Turning Points in the Evolution of Wine – SAPIENS
Before the biochemistry of fermentation was scientifically understood, the magical transformation of grape juice into wine was seen as the work of divinities. With its ability to lift the spirits…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #mediterranean #MediterraneanDiet #MediterraneanFood #MediterraneanWine #Wine #español #history #Hominins #Mediterranean #Paleolithic
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2560950/turning-points-in-the-evolution-of-wine-sapiens/
Turning Points in the Evolution of Wine – SAPIENS
Before the biochemistry of fermentation was scientifically understood, the magical transformation of grape juice into wine was seen as the work of divinities. With its ability to lift the spirits and encourage conviviality, friendship, and even lov…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #MediterraneanWine #Wine #español #history #Hominins #Mediterranean #Paleolithic
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2560950/turning-points-in-the-evolution-of-wine-sapiens/
Lindsay Nikole is an awesome at talking and presenting science in a fun, approachable way! Her "The Evolution of Us" series is absolutely fire, I learned quite a bit from the material that she went into detail during each video.
Ghost Hominins DNA is a wildly fascinating concept and I might yoink that idea in future fantasy story.
This 67,800-year-old hand stencil is the world’s oldest human-made art
The world’s oldest art has an unintentional story to tell about human exploration.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/01/this-67800-year-old-hand-stencil-is-the-worlds-oldest-human-made-art/#anthropology #archaeology #australia #cave-art #hominins #human-migration #indonesia #rock-art #sahul #science
The Last Common Ancestor of Humans and Neanderthals Is Found, in Morocco - Archaeology
https://archive.ph/Bkwrd
"A hominin at the root of Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans too is discovered where predicted, in Africa, from precisely 773,000 years ago"
7-Jan-2026
Early #hominins from #Morocco reveal an African lineage near the root of #HomoSapiens
773,000-year-old fossils from Thomas Quarry I in Morocco illuminate the shared ancestry of Homo sapiens, #Neanderthals, and #Denisovans
An international research team led by Jean-Jacques Hublin (Collège de France & Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology), David Lefèvre (Université de Montpellier Paul Valéry), Giovanni Muttoni (Università degli Studi di Milano) and Abderrahim Mohib (Moroccan Institut National des Sciences de l’Archéologie et du Patrimoine, INSAP) reports the analysis of new hominin fossils from the site of Thomas Quarry I (Casablanca, Morocco). The fossils are very securely dated to 773,000 plus/minus 4,000 years ago, thanks to a high-resolution magnetostratigraphic record capturing in detail the Brunhes/Matuyama boundary, the last main geomagnetic polarity reversal and precise temporal markers of the Quaternary. Published in Nature, this work highlights African populations near the base of the lineage that eventually gave rise to Homo sapiens, providing new insights into the shared ancestry of H. sapiens, Neandertals, and Denisovans.
Steven Saus [he/him]
Wine
Mediterranean Diet
Dining and Cooking
Ars Technica News
Crest of Light
Miro Collas
michael