4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (332+ words) Two ancient forager skeletons from Sulawesi show deep tooth grooves and psychoactive traces, reported as possibly the earliest known evidence of human drug use. Two pre-agricultural foragers who lived on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi may represent the earliest known…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (335+ words) Slate's September 7 SoundBites asks which creature's name means 'earth thrower' in Middle English, reviving moldwarp, a 600-year-old word for the mole. Somewhere beneath an ordinary lawn, a small mammal is pushing soil to the surface, unaware that its 600-year-old English…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (469+ words) English Heritage offers VIP access to Stonehenge’s inner circle for GBP 1,475, alongside a daily ballot democratizing the prehistoric experience. For the first time in 125 years, English Heritage is allowing the general public to step past the perimeter barriers and enter…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (695+ words) New geochemical analysis proves the six-tonne Stonehenge Altar Stone was transported 700 kilometres from Scotland, sparking debate over whether glaciers or humans moved it. Built from megaliths weighing between two and twenty-five tonnes, the colossal structure of Stonehenge has long stood…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (459+ words) A groundbreaking study in Science reveals humanity spoke up to 75,000 languages before the rise of early empires triggered mass extinction. To map the unrecorded history of spoken word, the international research team utilized ethnographic data from 171 hunter-gatherer societies as a…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (193+ words) English Heritage offers lucky ticket holders 20 minutes of absolute solitude inside Stonehenge, mirroring global trends in exclusive heritage management. After 125 years of bustling, selfie-stick-wielding crowds, English Heritage is finally offering a select handful of visitors the unprecedented opportunity to spend…...