Stone Age people were cremating their dead about 9000 years ago
By Michael Marshall These cremated bones are 9000 years oldBocquentin et al, 2020 (PLOS ONE, CC BY) Stone Age people were cremating their dead in fire pits about 9000 years…
An artist carved this tiny bird sculpture 13,000 years ago in China
By Michael Marshall The sculpture was carved from the bone of an unidentified animalFrancesco d’Errico and Luc Doyon A tiny carving of a bird discovered in what is now modern…