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From around 12,000 years ago. The term “quaternary extinction”, refers to a main event, at the end of the pleistocene
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Megafauna describes large animal species, typically those weighing over 44 kilograms (about 97 pounds)It include mammoths, mastodons, giant ground sloths, saber-toothed cats, and others. Extinctions have occurred at various times throughout Earth’s history, but the most significant and well-studied wave happened…
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A light spear primarily designed to be thrown, & historically as a ranged weapon. It also was used in the ancient Olympics & other Panhellenic games. Javelins could date from more than 400,000 years ago
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Nowadays more known for sporting purposes, the javelin or light spear originated along time agoSeven spear like objects were found in a coal mine in Schöningen, Germany. Statigraphic dating indicated the weapons were about 400k old. The javelin was an effective…
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A early craft of economic importance. Whole or half log trunks; bamboo or reed could be lashed together to make rafts. 10,000 years ago during the neolithic time period
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > A early craft of economic importance. Whole or half log trunks; bamboo or reed could be lashed together to make rafts 10,000 years ago during the neolithic time period 1) ConstructionMultiple whole ծառ trunks (pine, oak, poplar, alder were common in…
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Red ochre is universal. Its not a plant, but a mineral pigment, one of the earliest materials humans used for color. Predating the neolithic maybe 100 thousand years
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Red ochre is mainly iron oxide, (Fe₂O₃; hematite), mixed with natural earth and clays Early humans collected iron-rich earth, (hematite stones), grinded them; heated; and, mixed in binders. Like plant sap, fats; animal glue, or even water It has many uses,…
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Lets frame pc, cc, & lcb not as niche trades but living extensions of neolithic architecture. Essential to public safety, sustainability & cultural identity
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Here’s an argument grounded in archaeological evidence that modern-day pest control, chimney cleaning, and log cabin construction are continuations of neolithic architecture. 1: Grain bins in the towers at Jericho were protection from pests; 2: 9,000 years ago at Çatalhöyük, there…
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Belonging universal, semi subterranean huts are also known as the earth lodges, pit houses, dugouts, or winterhouses
< home # store # services # articles # game # app #contact > Called semi-subterranean, archaeologists and anthropologists define pit houses as any non-contiguous building, with floors lower than the ground surface Dugouts or ssth can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, or dug into a hillsideThey…
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Protected: altars
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Protected: Focusing loyalty on ancestors & gods, controlled territory more tightly. And, hierarchy was justified through religion. The paradox of civilization was when these groups were more cohesive & militarily effective than early universalists
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Protected: Because people see it as a mask for domination, or denial of differences. Universalism changed over time
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Protected: Believing all beings were part of the same cosmic family was proto-universalism. As people settled into villages, human-nature relationships changed
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