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Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 9h

Fire turned night into thinking time. Early Acheulean evidence at Wonderwerk Cave (~1.0 Ma) shows controlled burning—ash + charred bone in situ. Read Berna et al., 2012 (PNAS): www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #PaleoPost #HumanOrigins

Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 15h

Dancing Cave Art
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Dancing Cave Art

Red Ochre….The First Paint

Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 15h

Red Ochre….The First Paint
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Unearthing a New Human Ancestor: Dr. Brian Villmoare on the Ledi-Geraru Discovery

Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 1d

Play made innovators. Kids in Paleolithic camps tinkered with mini tools, seeding new ideas. Read Riede et al. (2018) on object play & innovation: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... #PaleoPost #HumanOrigins

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HEAS @heasvienna.bsky.social · 1d

The recording from the #HEASSeminar with @benceviola.bsky.social is now available on the #HEASVienna YouTube channel.

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Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 2d

Have you caught the most recent episode of the #PaleoPostPodcast? We had special guest Dr. Villmoare of the Uni of Nev at Reno!

We discuss the amazing find the team he and his colleagues from ASU led, leading to the discovery of a new Au. species!

Hear the story-

youtu.be/ex6kMP-wsjI

Cave Art wasn’t just about what we could see!

Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, this is one of the larger territories in the country, but it’s a small country haha. There is a very large province in China that was founded by the Portuguese actually; and to this day the two nations have strong ties!

Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 2d

Did China 🇨🇳 come to mind?

Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 2d

Anta da Foz do Rio Frio, Mação: Neolithic dolmen (c. 4th–3rd millennium BCE). Granite orthostats framed a chamber and corridor for collective burial and ritual. Partly collapsed, it still anchors the valley. #PaleoPost #HumanOrigins #Megaliths #Portugal #DeepHistory

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Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 3d

Oh my gosh I love it! 🥰 😝

Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 3d

Archeoaccoustics is a fascinating field I am dabbling in, with some colleagues.

Imagine - it’s not just a simple act of pigment on wall, it’s a whole surreal experience: Cave Art wasn’t just about what we could see!
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#Sound #Music #Archaeology #AncientWorld

Making an ancient hands stencils!

Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 3d

Ever wonder how ancient artists made those negative handprints on cave walls? Step back tens of thousands of years and see the process unfold — pigment, breath, and human touch combining in one timeless act of expression. Watch history come alive: youtube.com/shorts/_AdfQ...

#RockArt #HumanOrigins

The Supreme Court just took legal status from 300,000 Venezuelans

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 3d

The Supreme Court’s Republican appointees let the Trump administration end the legal status of 300,000 Venezuelan immigrants who were granted Temporary Protected Status, a type of humanitarian relief for people whose home countries are in crisis.

Justice Jackson accuses her colleagues of "repeated, gratuitous, and harmful interference."

www.motherjones.com

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Jerry at JMGVines @jjtb4v.bsky.social · 3d

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable."
President John F Kennedy

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Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 3d

Recently, a team led by researchers from ASU and the University of Nevada came across some fascinating #fossil #hominin #teeth in Ledi Geraru. They turned out to belong to a new species of Au! Also, these fossils coexisted with an unknown member of #Homo!

Watch Now!

youtu.be/ex6kMP-wsjI

Unearthing a New Human Ancestor: Dr. Brian Villmoare on the Ledi-Geraru Discovery

Unearthing a New Human Ancestor: Dr. Brian Villmoare on the Ledi-Geraru Discovery

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Stickman @stickman007.bsky.social · 3d

NEVER FORGET!!

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Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 4d

Before toys, there were stones and stories. Play isn’t trivial — it’s how imagination and innovation began. Even in deep time, children shaped culture through curiosity.

#PaleoPost #DeepTimeChildhood #HumanOrigins

Read more: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 4d

I am smacked dab in the geographical center lol

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 5d

Attn Black people, stop scrolling.

This is not a drill: Chicago

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Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 4d

Dive in, tell us what you think about the dental evidence, and drop your questions for a follow-up. Full episode: youtu.be/ex6kMP-wsjI?...
#PaleoPostPodcast #PaleoPost #PaleoClub #HumanEvolution #Australopithecus #Fossils #ScienceCommunication #LediGeraru