Rock Art, Ancient Figurines, and Geoglyphs! - Ep 305

Join us for your weekly dive into the latest archaeological discoveries! This week, we explore how ancient South African rock art is offering new insights into early human cognition and symbolism. Then, we'll journey to Turkey to examine a recently unearthed Mesolithic/Neolithic stone figurine and discuss what it reveals about the shift to settled agriculture. Finally, we'll explore how cutting-edge AI technology is helping to solve some of archaeology's greatest puzzles, including the mysteries of the Nazca Lines.

Links

Segment 1

• Archaeologists Uncovered a Painting That May Prove the Existence of a Mysterious Creature

• The San Tribe: 5 Interesting Facts About Southern Africa's Indigenous People

Segment 2

• Scientists Found an 8,000-Year-Old Figurine in a Cave. Its Engravings Tell the Story of an Ancient Culture.

• Human figurines in the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition of the South Caucasus: New evidence from the Damjili cave, Azerbaijan

Segment 3

• How we're about to solve the world’s greatest archaeological puzzle

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