Humans made fire 350,000 years earlier than believed, archaeological study finds

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A team of researchers led by the British Museum has unearthed the oldest known evidence of fire-making, dating back more than 400,000 years, in a field in Suffolk. The discovery shows humans were making fire about 350,000 years earlier than previously known.

Ralf Schwarz, Kultureller Umbruch oder Kontinuität? - Mitteldeutschland im 23. Jh. v. Chr. Tagungen des Landesmuseums für Vorgeschichte Halle 12/II (Halle (Saale) 2015) 671-713.

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Cultural change or continuity? – Central Germany in the 23rd century BC This paper looks at cultural relationships in Central Germany from the 24th–22nd century BC, with particular focus on the region of Saxony-Anhalt. At this period, four cultures

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Omroep Brabant: Opgegraven stuk hout blijkt bijzondere vondst, maar hoe oud is het?

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Bijzondere Brabantse vondsten en voorwerpen zijn niet alleen in depots van musea en in archieven te vinden. Ook het bodemarchief herbergt vaak geheime schatten. Zoals blijkt bij een opgraving bij Esch. Daar vinden archeologen een stuk oud hout: een plank van drie meter lang. Maar of dat nou zo bijzonder is?

Kasparov in Russland zur Verhaftung ausgeschrieben

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Garry Kasparov wurde von einem russischen Gericht in Abwesenheit zur Verhaftung ausgeschrieben. Das Gericht folgte einer Anklage gegen den Exweltmeister wegen Rechtfertigung von Terrorismus und der Planung eines Umsturzes. Der in den USA lebende 13. Weltmeister wurde zur internationalen Fahndung ausgeschrieben. | Foto: Kasparov.com

Neolithic Dog Found Carefully Buried at the Bottom of an Ancient Swedish Lake with a Bone Dagger

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In the lake sediments of the Logsjömossen wetland, on the outskirts of Järna southwest of Stockholm, a team of archaeologists from the Arkeologerna institution, part of the Swedish National Historical Museums, has recovered a silent and extraordinary testimony of the relationship between Neolithic h