Prehistoric – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Thu, 09 Oct 2025 03:51:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Prehistoric – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 When Did Our Human Ancestors Start to Walk? https://brewminate.com/when-did-our-human-ancestors-start-to-walk/ Mon, 15 Nov 2021 18:04:30 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=164489 Walking took a very long time to develop, with evidence of bipedalism among early humans in Africa roughly

The post When Did Our Human Ancestors Start to Walk? appeared first on Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas.

]]>
Discovering When the Very First Early Humans Left Africa https://brewminate.com/discovering-when-the-very-first-early-humans-left-africa/ Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:11:50 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=163090 Humans left Africa to settle all across the world, probably multiple times. Introduction Previous evidence suggested that early

The post Discovering When the Very First Early Humans Left Africa appeared first on Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas.

]]>
Ötzi the Iceman and Prehistoric Tattoos https://brewminate.com/otzi-the-iceman-and-prehistoric-tattoos/ Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:27:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=162885 The 5,300-year-old mummy of Ötzi the Iceman was found 30 years ago with 61 tattoos on it. By

The post Ötzi the Iceman and Prehistoric Tattoos appeared first on Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas.

]]>
How Ancient Shark Teeth Recorded Earth’s Climate History https://brewminate.com/how-ancient-shark-teeth-recorded-earths-climate-history/ Thu, 23 Sep 2021 17:23:39 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=161880 These giant predators are helping solve the mystery of Earth’s cooling shift some 50 million years ago. Introduction

The post How Ancient Shark Teeth Recorded Earth’s Climate History appeared first on Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas.

]]>
Petrified Trees Are Revealing South America’s Primeval History https://brewminate.com/petrified-trees-are-revealing-south-americas-primeval-history/ Fri, 13 Aug 2021 17:03:45 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=157361 Using remnants of fossilized trees, scientists and an artist figured out what the forest looked like long before

The post Petrified Trees Are Revealing South America’s Primeval History appeared first on Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas.

]]>
Nocturnal Dinosaurs: Moonlight Predators in the Mesozoic Era https://brewminate.com/nocturnal-dinosaurs-moonlight-predators-in-the-mesozoic-era/ Thu, 29 Jul 2021 17:07:02 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=154204 Some dinosaurs likely hunted at night and had senses as good as a modern barn owl. By Dr.

The post Nocturnal Dinosaurs: Moonlight Predators in the Mesozoic Era appeared first on Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas.

]]>
The Heat Was On: Control of Fire by Prehistoric Humans https://brewminate.com/the-heat-was-on-control-of-fire-by-prehistoric-humans/ Thu, 08 Jul 2021 17:05:28 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=158372 Use and control of fire was a gradual process, proceeding through many stages. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic

The post The Heat Was On: Control of Fire by Prehistoric Humans appeared first on Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas.

]]>
The Paleolithic Period of Prehistoric Japan https://brewminate.com/the-paleolithic-period-of-prehistoric-japan/ Fri, 11 Jun 2021 18:37:01 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=156148 The study of the Paleolithic period in Japan did not begin until quite recently: the first Paleolithic site

The post The Paleolithic Period of Prehistoric Japan appeared first on Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas.

]]>
An Introduction to the Art of the Neolithic Period, c.7000–1700 B.C.E. https://brewminate.com/an-introduction-to-the-art-of-the-neolithic-period-c-7000-1700-b-c-e/ Thu, 25 Mar 2021 18:08:53 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=149494 Neolithic people did not write. However, because they lived in settled communities, they left many traces. By Smithsonian’s

The post An Introduction to the Art of the Neolithic Period, c.7000–1700 B.C.E. appeared first on Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas.

]]>
Neanderthals Could Speak and Process Spoken Communication https://brewminate.com/neanderthals-could-speak-and-process-spoken-communication/ Fri, 12 Mar 2021 18:29:07 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=148807 Neanderthals had the capacity to perceive and produce human speech. When the ancestors of anatomically-modern non-Africans came out

The post Neanderthals Could Speak and Process Spoken Communication appeared first on Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas.

]]>