# onthisday fossils anthropology sketchbook prehistoricart womensart paleoart

in 1908, a pickaxe struck the side of a remarkable skull. It was the discovery of the Neanderthal known as the Old Man from La Chapelle, one of the most important specimens in the history of paleoanthropology.

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2018-08-03

I’ve been too poorly to do much work 🤧🤒
So instead, I’ve been under a duvet, entertaining myself with a little

This is the ‘Venus of Willendorf’, she’s at LEAST 25,000y/o!! 🔥

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2018-01-08

Ellen Jewett composes fanciful sculptures of animals with a detailed understanding anthropology.
View at https://t.co/D01e289hZF

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2016-10-24