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POPS14,000 year-old tool kit of an ancient man He did not have screwdrivers, knives, pinchers or drills in his bag of course but the contents of the bag shows he was well equipped for many things in prehistoric life. Interesting discovery.
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POPSNoah's Ark flood spurred European farming "When the Black Sea flooded at end of last ice age some people have suggested it was the origins of the Noah's Ark myth If you lived in that basin it would have seemed like the whole world had flooded."
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POPSFirst farmers wanted clothes not food The study also shows that hunter gatherer lifestyles were more efficient. It seems the more we produce, the more we think we can afford to waste. Agriculture has become so successful, that the human population is eating and breeding it's way to extinction
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POPSSacred River of Millennia A small river in Slovenia, has yielded thousands of ancient valuable artifacts, from prehistoric settlers to Romans, Celts and Medieval societies. Apparently, the river had been considered "sacred" by various civilizations for millennia.
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POPSColourful beginning for humanity "Colour symbolism is an abstraction and we cannot work this abstraction without language; so this is a proxy for trying to find in the archaeological record real echoes for the emergence of language," Dr Barham told the British Association's Science Festival.
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POPSThe Human Journey Are we all related? This project is fantastic, and could very well break down barriers of race and nationalities that exist and hopefully bring us all closer. We are all human, after all!