Early humans ‘were intentionally crafting stone balls 1.4 million years ago Around 1.4 million years ago, early human relatives crafted enigmatic stone “spheroids” in the Middle East in deliberate attempts to make perfect spheres, a new study finds. The finding shows the intention of early hominins, such as Homo erectus, to “impose” a symmetry on the … Read more
Rare Discovery: 7000-Year-Old Neolithic Clay Figurine Unearthed in Battifratta Cave, Italy Archaeologists from Sapienza University of Rome discovered a figure with female features in the Battifratta cave, near Poggio Nativo in the Sabina area, Lazio. That is a clay figurine dating from around 7000 years ago, from the Neolithic period, when the peninsula’s first farming … Read more
Remarkable 5,000-Year-Old Crystal Dagger Discovered In Megalithic Tomb Of Montelirio Tholos Ancient tools that once belonged to prehistoric civilizations have been found all over the world, but a discovery in Spain is unlike those traditionally made of stone or flint. A team excavating the megalithic tomb of Montelirio tholos in 2007 through 2010 uncovered a dagger formed … Read more