James F. Fleischmann

Hey, friends! This is issue #204 of Ancient Beat. ‚ÄėNuff said. Here‚Äôs the latest ancient news. ūüĎá Study Shows Prehistoric People Targeted Female Mammoths ‚ÄĒ Ancient DNA suggests Ice Age hunters deliberately targeted female woolly mammoths rather than killing males and females equally. Genetic analysis covered 521 mammoths spanning roughly 50,000 years, including 100 animals whose bones accumulated at 11 human-associated sites across Central and Eastern Europe and Siberia.

Hey team! This is issue #203 of Ancient Beat. Let’s get groovy. đŸ•ș Here’s the latest ancient news. 👇 Ancient Fossil Footsteps Found in Kenya May Hint That an Early Human Relative Was Larger Than Previously Thought — Twenty-one hominin footprints preserved at GaJi10 in northern Kenya’s Koobi Fora Formation capture at least eight individuals crossing a muddy lakeshore 1.43 million years ago. Most walked westward, apparently at roughly the same time, while one traveled east.

Hi folks! Welcome to issue #202 of Ancient Beat. Have any of you seen Nolan’s The Odyssey yet? I haven’t seen it, but I’m excited to check it out. I watched a historian review it (see the recommended content this week) and he gave it an 8.5/10 in terms of how much it honors the original text. Let me know if you agree! Here’s the latest ancient news.