Prehistory – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:01:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Prehistory – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Africa’s Oldest Known Cremation and a Stone Age Hunter-Gatherer Mystery https://brewminate.com/oldest-cremation-africa-stone-age-mystery/ Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:01:47 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=274120 A 9,500-year-old cremation pyre in Malawi is changing how archaeologists understand Stone Age hunter-gatherers, ritual labor, and the

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]]> When Stonehenge Looked North: The Scottish Journey of a Sacred Stone https://brewminate.com/when-stonehenge-looked-north-the-scottish-journey-of-a-sacred-stone/ Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:45:52 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=244594 Archaeologists continue to uncover the mysteries of Stonehenge. By Dr. Nicholas PearceEmeritus Professor of GeochemistryAberystwyth University By Dr.

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]]> Stones of Memory: A Global History of Megaliths https://brewminate.com/stones-of-memory-a-global-history-of-megaliths/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 14:03:41 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=262504 Communities around the globe invested immense effort into creating stone monuments that mediated between life and death, past

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]]> The Masculine Mosaic of the Pleistocene: Reassessing Prehistoric Male Neanderthals https://brewminate.com/the-masculine-mosaic-of-the-pleistocene-reassessing-prehistoric-male-neanderthals/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:18:09 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=258191 By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction: Reconstructing the Neanderthal Male Prehistoric Neanderthals—Homo neanderthalensis—once evoked brutish caricatures in the

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]]> Wandering Sons of the Bronze Age: Male Migration, Identity, and Power https://brewminate.com/wandering-sons-of-the-bronze-age-male-migration-identity-and-power/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:17:09 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=258195 The migrations of Bronze Age men were seismic forces that shaped genetic maps, political systems, and gender ideologies

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]]> Matrilineal Structure and Descent in Iron Age Britain https://brewminate.com/matrilineal-structure-and-descent-in-iron-age-britain/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 14:15:59 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=258172 Female-focused social structures have been suggested for some iron age groups by archaeologists – and for some time.

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]]> Flowers, Burials, and the Prehistoric Case of the ‘Red Lady of El Miron’ https://brewminate.com/flowers-burials-and-the-prehistoric-case-of-the-red-lady-of-el-miron/ Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:33:47 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=240515 Symbolic practices began for much more practical purposes. By Dr. Maria-José Iriarte-ChiapussoIkerbasque Research ProfessorUniversity of the Basque Country

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]]> Oceanic Biology and Geology from the Precambrian to the Cenozoic Periods https://brewminate.com/oceanic-biology-and-geology-from-the-precambrian-to-the-cenozoic-periods/ Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:35:33 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=252490 Evolution takes time. By Danielle HallOcean Portal Digital ProducerMuseum of Natural HistorySmithsonian Institution Introduction The ocean may seem

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]]> Collective Belief: ‘Religion’ in the Prehistoric Paleolithic Era https://brewminate.com/collective-belief-religion-in-the-prehistoric-paleolithic-era/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:02:58 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=222385 Religious behavior is one of the hallmarks of behavioral modernity. Introduction Paleolithic religions are a set of spiritual beliefs and practices

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]]> Burial Practices of Neanderthals and Early Humans in the Ancient Middle East https://brewminate.com/burial-practices-of-neanderthals-and-early-humans-in-the-ancient-middle-east/ Fri, 20 Dec 2024 15:29:25 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=245275 Burials were first innovated in the Levant. A new study by Professor Ella Been from Ono Academic College and

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