Never mind Band-Aids, Neanderthals had antiseptic birch tar https://arstechni.ca/bnyt #ancientpeopledidstuff #paleoanthropology #herbalremedies #anthropology #Neanderthals #antibiotics #Archaeology #hominins #Science

Centuries before the Inca, Peru's wealthy imported parrots from afar https://arstechni.ca/2hKX #Pre-Columbiancivilizations #indigenoussouthamerica #ancientpeopledidstuff #indigenousamericans #Archaeology #Science #parrots #science #inca #wari

First revealed in spy photos, a Bronze Age city emerges from the steppe https://arstechni.ca/DyGP #ancientpeopledidstuff #satellitearchaeology #aerialarchaeology #ancientcities #Archaeology #Kazakhstan #bronzeage #Science #science

Wear marks suggest Neanderthals made ocher crayons https://arstechni.ca/AENs #ancientpeopledidstuff #paleoarchaeology #Neanderthals #Archaeology #stonetools #Science #science

The first people to set foot in Australia were fossil hunters https://arstechni.ca/hCTB #aboriginalaustralians #ancientpeopledidstuff #biologicalarchaeology #megafaunalextinction #Archaeology #australia #Megafauna #Science

Megafauna was the meat of choice for South American hunters https://arstechni.ca/pmzk #ancientpeopledidstuff #megafaunalextinction #ancientsouthamerica #Archaeology #pleistocene #Megafauna #Science

Incan numerical recordkeeping system may have been widely used https://arstechni.ca/k7YK #Pre-Columbiancivilizations #indigenoussouthamerica #ancientpeopledidstuff #indigenouscommunities #indigenousamericans #anthropology #Archaeology #Incanempire #Science #science #khipu #inca #wari

Local cuisine was on the menu at Cafe Neanderthal https://arstechni.ca/Kq65 #ancientpeopledidstuff #paleoarchaeology #Neanderthals #Archaeology #Science #science

Oldest wooden tools in East Asia may have come from any of three species https://arstechni.ca/3rGW #ancientpeopledidstuff #Homoheidelbergensis #Archaeology #homoerectus #woodentools #Denisovans #hominins #Science #science

A mammoth tusk boomerang from Poland is 40,000 years old https://arstechni.ca/5bPQ #ancientpeopledidstuff #paleolithiceurope #radiocarbondating #Archaeology #paleolithic #boomerangs #Science #mammoth #science