FfFfFfFF 58,133 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 About 70 of these structures are known to exist in Ukraine and the west Russian Plain. New analysis shows the bones at one site are more than 20,000 years old, making it the oldest such circular structure built by humans discovered in the region. The bones were likely sourced from animal graveyards, and the circle was then hidden by sediment and is now a foot below current surface level. The majority of the bones found at the site investigated, in the Russian Plains, are from mammoths. A total of 51 lower jaws and 64 individual mammoth skulls were used to construct the walls of the 30ft by 30ft structure and scattered across its interior. Small numbers of reindeer, horse, bear, wolf, red fox and arctic fox bones were also found. "These finds shed new light on the purpose of these mysterious sites. Archaeology is showing us more about how our ancestors survived in this desperately cold and hostile environment at the climax of the last ice age. Most other places at similar latitudes in Europe had been abandoned by this time, but these groups had managed to adapt to find food, shelter and water." The last ice age, which swept northern Europe between 75-18,000 years ago, reached its coldest and most severe stage at around 23-18,000 years ago, just as the site at Kostenki 11 was being built. Other finds include more than 300 tiny stone and flint chips just a few millimetres in size, debris left behind the site's inhabitants as they knapped stone nodules into sharp tools with distinctive shapes used for tasks such as butchering animals and scraping hides. Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200316204633.htm?fbclid=IwAR2HC0ltVC2BsqpHHYi7ZbA1xZYSsNmD6FOdLzjZdyBC7nBceFPnK2KCYIM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,126 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 The language are too scientific for 10 AM, and I haven't got my coffee, can someone reiterate in English for me please? It looks like cool findings. Is it about Ice Age humans? (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maleficent 6 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 1 minute ago, RAMROD said: The language are too scientific for 10 AM, and I haven't got my coffee, can someone reiterate in English for me please? It looks like cool findings. Is it about Ice Age humans? ice age humans survived extreme colds in Northern Europe by building round bone buildings made from big boi bones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrence 1,206 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 4 minutes ago, RAMROD said: The language are too scientific for 10 AM, and I haven't got my coffee, can someone reiterate in English for me please? It looks like cool findings. Is it about Ice Age humans? It’s 11am here and I also need my morning coffee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,126 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, Maleficent said: ice age humans survived extreme colds in Northern Europe by building round bone buildings made from big boi bones. Ah, I see. That is so cool. Must be earliest architecture created. Hope they'd eventually get to figure out how it was like in 3D models or something. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFXIV WhiteMage 6,316 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 I’m also interested on how they secured food and water supplies during that time. I need a documentary with CGI representations ala NatGeo style. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gracious Gaga 17,163 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 I love this kinda chit ♥ Kindness Police. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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