Jens NotroffMar 12, 2025

Been hinted at by material culture before, now early trans-Mediterranean #SeaVoyaging 🛶 is backed by #aDNA 🏺🧬, showing that #Neoltihic populations living in eastern #Maghreb about 8,000 years ago were descended, in part, from European hunter-gatherers:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00764-2 via @nature

Ancient DNA shows Stone Age Europeans voyaged by sea to Africa

Roughly 8,000-year-old remains unearthed from present-day Tunisia held a surprise: European hunter-gatherer ancestry.

Show threadJens NotroffDec 8, 2022

Admittedly, it's a bit challenging to really recognise a bow here in this #Sayburc scene. So, could it be something else then?

This offers a great chance to think about other possible #hunting tools and weapons which have played a role in #Neoltihic hunting, #aurochs and beyond.