Archaeologists found the complete skeleton of a spider monkey (right) buried beside an eagle (left) and other animals at the base of a pyramid in the ancient city of Teotihuacan. Credit: N. SUGIYAMA/PROJECT PLAZA OF THE COLUMNS COMPLEX Its 1,700-year-old skeletal system excavated at Teotihuacan in Mexico recommends it was likely an offering from the...
Fifty years ago, a young American chronicler, Robert Darnton, who over the adhering to decades would turn into one of the most noteworthy experts in the social history of the French Enlightenment, published his very first book. It drew attention to an odd fashion, that of animal magnetism, which, like hot air balloons, had...
Experimental session. Credit: M. Silva The journal Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences published a study from The Paleoneurology Group at the Centro Nacional de Investigación Sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) led by Emiliano Bruner. This study analyzes visual exploration patterns during handling of Lower Paleolithic tools, being the first application of the eye-tracking methodology to real stone...
Remains of Linya, recovered in Cova Gran site. Credit: CEPA At the Cova Gran de Santa Linya site (La Noguera, Lleida), the remains of a female attributed to H. sapiens were discovered by scientists of the Centro Nacional de Investigación Sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH). The carbon-14 record of the sediments in the natural vessel...
