4,000-year-old painted stone in Indonesia reveals symbolic art carried by ancient Austronesian maritime voyagers | World News

A small painted stone found on Indonesia’s Wetar Island is offering archaeologists a glimpse into the symbolic world of ancient seafarers. It dates to about 4,090 to 3,900 years ago and features a red design of concentric circles and radiating sun rays that is linked to the Austronesian Painting Tradition (APT). The discovery is significant […]

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Ancient humans in Israel ate snakes and lizards 15,000 years ago; 3,000 bones reveal what was on the menu | World News

At a cave on the slopes of Mount Carmel, thousands of small reptile bones accumulated alongside the remains of animals hunted and gathered by people more than 11,000 years ago. For years, their presence raised a straightforward but difficult question: were the snakes and lizards food, or had they ended up there through the activity […]

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