Andrew Curry

@spoke32
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Journalist covering science, culture, politics, business, and cycling. Science, Archaeology, @natgeo contributor. Tell me about your work!
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Andrew CurryMar 14, 2025
Show threadStephan SchiffelsJan 30, 2025
What I get from this is that we should all be more data-mining of published data. There are still hidden gems in there, and as the data is growing faster than people can analyze, the rate of unpublished gems may be growing! Here is a nice News piece (https://science.org/content/article/part-ancient-britain-was-woman-s-world-ancient-burials-reveal) by
@spoke32 about the work, with a quote from my former student Joscha Gretzinger.
Andrew CurryMar 14, 2025
Jens NotroffFeb 11, 2025

Guess who's coming to dinner…

New evidence for #Magdalenian #cannibalism from #MaszyckaCave near Kraków, 18,000 years ago:

https://www.science.org/content/article/cave-poland-signs-prehistoric-cannibalism by @spoke32 via science.org

💀 CN: Couple gruesome details on, well, human consumption.

Andrew CurryAug 23, 2023
Why do I see so many people spelling it Mastadon?
Andrew CurryAug 22, 2023
Underwater temple to a desert god found off the coast of #Naples: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/nabataean-petra-altar-temple-puteoli-rome #archaeology #rome #pompeii
Underwater temple discovery shows how these Arab merchants funded their thriving desert empire

The stunning city of Petra in Jordan was built by the Nabataeans with staggering sums from the luxury trade. Now the discovery of a faraway submerged altar temple shows the extent of its reach.

National Geographic
Andrew CurryAug 22, 2023
DNA from enslaved Black workers at a 19th century iron forge links them to living descendants—but the research swirls with ethical questions: https://www.science.org/content/article/cemetery-dna-links-enslaved-people-hellish-forge-living-descendants-contacted
Andrew CurryMar 4, 2023
The bones of prehistoric #Yamnaya "cowboys" show signs they might have been the world's earliest known horse riders. But without horse remains or riding equipment to back up the claim, not everyone's convinced: https://www.science.org/content/article/earliest-evidence-horseback-riding-found-eastern-cowboys #archaeology #horse #horses
Earliest evidence of horseback riding found in ‘eastern cowboys’

Wear and tear on human skeletons traces activity back 5000 years

Andrew CurryMar 2, 2023
A new study shows prehistoric Europe's population was in constant flux, in ways traditional archaeological methods sometimes miss: https://www.science.org/content/article/ancient-dna-upends-european-prehistory #archaeology #palaeolithic #gravettian #aDNA
Ancient DNA upends European prehistory

Genes reveal striking diversity within similar ice age cultures

Andrew CurryFeb 23, 2023
Long-overdue justice, the end of #museums, or the beginning of something else entirely? In my new National Geographic cover story I talked to people on all sides of the #repatriation debate to understand how museums around the world are grappling with #colonial legacies: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/museums-stolen-treasure-feature
Andrew CurryFeb 9, 2023
Show threadJens NotroffFeb 5, 2023

@spoke32 @sciencemagazine

And where could one visit and learn more about these #elephants and get a glimpse of (some of) these #bones? 🐘🦴

For instance right here at @MuseumHalle:

https://www.landesmuseum-vorgeschichte.de/en/permanent-exhibition/mental-power/the-elephant-butchering-site-of-groebern.html

The Elephant Butchering Site of Gröbern

Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte [dev]
Andrew CurryFeb 9, 2023
Show threadJens NotroffFeb 5, 2023

@spoke32 @sciencemagazine

"The meat from a single elephant would have been enough to feed 350 people a week, or 100 a month."

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