The analysis revealed that except for vitamin D, which would have been supplied by endogenous synthesis in hunter gatherers, it is entirely possible to consume a nutritionally balanced diet from contemporary foods that mimic the food groups and types available during the Paleolithic. Despite the elimination of two major food groups, the trace nutrient density of the experimental diet remained e...

In the 1870s a dispute arose between supporters and opponents of idea that hiatus existed Paleolithic Neolithic, period when Europe was uninhabited. Researchers invoked geological, paleontological, archaeological, anthropological evidence to support their views. This paper discusses development this debate how it resolved, in large part due excavations Édouard Piette.

We consider the history of certain modular elements: Op-tiles, Kufic tiles, and key-patterns, which occur as ornamental archetypes from Paleolithic times until the present. Paleolithic ornaments We have found that the oldest examples of ornamentation in Paleothic art were from Mezin (Ukraine) dated to 23 000 B.C. Note that 23 000 years is a time period ten times longer than the complete written...

“A are history defaced,” argued Renaissance philosopher Francis Bacon in The Advancement of Learning; they are “...remnants of history which...escaped the shipwreck of time” (1). These remnants, battered by the elements and scattered around the globe, are all we have to piece together human heritage. In recent years, radiocarbon dating techniques (e.g., accelerator mass spectrometry) have allow...

Abstract During the Lower Paleolithic, interaction between hominins and elephants through medium of lithic tools is testified by numerous sites in Africa, Europe, Asia. This ensured a large source food knappable raw material, bone. The availability huge package resources represented these animals had deep impact on behavior their strategies exploitation landscape. article, for first time, docum...