Martyna Lech
@martyna-lech.bsky.social
Palaeolithic archaeologist, mostly interested in lithic analysis and Neanderthals. Currently PhD student at @unituebingen.bsky.social working on Neanderthals in Hohle Fels Cave.
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40,000-year-old mammoth tusk boomerang is oldest in Europe — and possibly the world www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Stone Age boomerang is oldest in Europe — and possibly the world
A new analysis of a carved mammoth tusk first discovered four decades ago reveals it may be the world's oldest boomerang.
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June 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
40,000-year-old mammoth tusk boomerang is oldest in Europe — and possibly the world www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
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Sometimes we see fossils in stone artefacts, but rarely are the specimens as perfect as this echinoid, exposed in a flint flake knapped by an early Neanderthal 480,000 years ago. In this case it was left behind with other waste flakes, but was it noticed? did they have a name for them?
#FlintFriday
#FlintFriday
November 14, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Sometimes we see fossils in stone artefacts, but rarely are the specimens as perfect as this echinoid, exposed in a flint flake knapped by an early Neanderthal 480,000 years ago. In this case it was left behind with other waste flakes, but was it noticed? did they have a name for them?
#FlintFriday
#FlintFriday
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Saber-toothed kitten frozen in Siberian ice reveals new details about species | Science
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Saber-toothed kitten frozen in Siberian ice reveals new details about species
Ice mummy preserves extinct cat from claws to paws
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November 18, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Saber-toothed kitten frozen in Siberian ice reveals new details about species | Science
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