Updated. My amateur recon based on a Neolithic man with Mesolithic features. 3750bc

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We are *extremely* excited to share first information on our 64th annual meeting in Aarhus next year 😍 Thanks for the invitation and - we can't wait!

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Little Miss Mesolithic
Princess of Bonk
Unga Bunga Baby

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More finds from the early site of (Italy) now provide new insights into the possible use of and family heirlooms in prehistory.

CW: https://t.co/mjTX1fOgiS

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Evidence of the use of baby carriers 10,000 years ago

Perforated shell beads found in the burial of a 40- to 50-days-old female baby, nicknamed Neve

The Ornaments of the Arma Veirana Early Mesolithic Infant Burial
https://t.co/Y2FosKg9kT

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New pub alert for the lab, lead-authored by : interested in the Mesolithic, Liguria, ornaments, burials and/or archaeothanatology? Then, you're in for a treat: we have 48 open-access pages of JAMT goodness for you, including our reconstruction of the Arma Veirana burial. https://t.co/PasYIRs5lh

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I saw the other cave fox 'round these parts, so I'm obliged to get Sakara!

He's a hunter-gatherer born in the early Mesolithic, 12,000 years ago, but he's far from a "savage." Sak is a caring fox, and after becoming orphaned his whole world has revolved around his little brother

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Map of genetic distance to Mesolithic Norway with modern populations.

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study of a Mesolithic amber bear 🐻🔶

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Some from the new "Mesolithic hunting" update.

You can play the early access version of the game, follow updates and add it to your wishlist on Steam:

https://t.co/lmNdI9GARg

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Researchers who danced for hours wearing reproduction elk tooth ornaments have suggested that distinctive marks on prehistoric teeth found in burials at a Mesolithic cemetery in northwestern Russia were made over the course of years of repeated dancing.

https://t.co/AyzcBUAUm4

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Mesolithic amber pendant engraved with stylised human figures. Holes for wearing on a cord. Amber pendants from the Danish Mesolithic period (12,500-3,900 BC) have been interpreted as protective Stone Age amulets. From the Åmosen peat bog.

Image: National Museum of Denmark

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It's so here's your yearly reminder that whilst Star Wars is cool, we ♥ Star Carr.

The ~9,000-year-old site is exceptionally well preserved, including >20 red deer skulls that may have been headdresses.

📷: Headdress reconstruction for a stamp

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Some people debate whether or not its a part of STEM but since it either is or works extremely closely with I'm an archaeologist in training who looks at the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic eras and the relationships between humans and nature, with a main focus in art.

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Travelling was a common activity 6,000 years ago, although nothing representing a map has been found in Scotland 🗺️

Good with directions? are offering young people the chance to become a cartoon by creating their own version: https://t.co/aDVrNcR8nl

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Want to be a Mesolithic character in a new learning resource? Young artists urged to draw a map and see themselves turned in to a fantastic cartoon! https://t.co/h7r8MK6Z61

(images copyright FLS by Alex Leonard 2019)

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