Finding more large and strong doglike animals at these sites would support her hypothesis, Shipman says. Such finds will be necessary to convince archaeologists like Nicholas Conard that the new work is more than just a leap of faith. I like it as an idea, but theres no smoking gun, says Conard,
Date: Jun 01, 2014
Category: Sci/Tech
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Farming was so Nice, It was Invented at Least Twice
About five years ago, archaeologist Nicholas Conard and archaeobotanist Simone Riehl of the University of Tbingen in Germany hooked up with researchers at the Iranian Center for Archaeological Research (ICAR) in Tehran, and particularly Mohsen Zeidi, an experienced ICAR excavator, to begin work
Date: Jul 04, 2013
Category: Sci/Tech
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Europe's Early Man Drew Female Sex Organs, Animals
Additional Aurignacian artwork, however, clearly represents female sexual organs. The Venus of Hohle Fels, for example, is an ivory figurine dating to at least 35,000 to 40,000 years ago, according to Nicholas Conard, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Tbingen who reported the find.