Latest Historical Discoveries: October 2024
Round up of the latest finds from October
Welcome to another edition of the Forgotten Footprints newsletter! It is time for our monthly round-up of the five hottest finds from history and archaeology. For my friends from the US, if you’re overwhelmed with election news and politics, here’s a perfect distraction as we’ll discuss several exciting discoveries from October.
We’ll begin our journey by traveling back hundreds of thousands of years to the Levant when things were much quieter than today. We'll learn about how humans and Neanderthals began burying their dead, and then after the extinction of Neanderthals, humans stopped interring their deceased for thousands of years.
As always, don’t forget to vote for your favorite discovery in the poll at the end.
Humans and Neanderthals Began Burying Their Dead Simultaneously
A recent study by Professor Ella Been and Dr. Omry Barzilai gives us a fascinating glimpse into how early humans and Neanderthals …
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