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#Upper Paleolithic Reel by @womenfromhistory (verified account) - If you know me enough, you know I'm OBSESSED with the Upper Paleolithic cultures (like the Magdalenian, Aurignacian, Gravettian… that's oddly specific
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If you know me enough, you know I’m OBSESSED with the Upper Paleolithic cultures (like the Magdalenian, Aurignacian, Gravettian… that’s oddly specific) #womenshistory #womeninart #womenfromhistory #painting #arthistory #history #prehistoric #art #historygirl
#Upper Paleolithic Reel by @dna.uncovered - Facial reconstruction of the Nazlet Khater 2 individual from Upper Paleolithic Egypt 🧬

This specimen, dated to roughly ~37,000 years ago, comes from
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Facial reconstruction of the Nazlet Khater 2 individual from Upper Paleolithic Egypt 🧬 This specimen, dated to roughly ~37,000 years ago, comes from Nazlet Khater in Upper Egypt and represents one of the earliest anatomically modern humans known from North Africa. 🦴 Why Nazlet Khater 2 matters Nazlet Khater 2 shows a robust skeletal build with a mosaic of traits seen in early modern humans living shortly after their spread across Africa and Eurasia. The remains are associated with Upper Paleolithic lithic traditions, indicating advanced stone-tool technology for the period. 🧬 Genetic context (broad) While direct genome-wide data are limited, Nazlet Khater 2 is understood within the framework of early African modern humans, predating later West Eurasian and Near Eastern population formations. This individual reflects a deep African ancestry layer that existed before Holocene-era admixture reshaped North Africa. 🧠 Key takeaway Nazlet Khater 2 highlights that North Africa was home to early, regionally distinct modern humans, playing an important role in the wider story of human dispersals and diversity. 👉 Click the link in bio if you want to explore your deepest ancient ancestry layers 🔁 Save & share for more ancient reconstructions 📌 Follow for genetics explained simply Credits: @ancestral.whispers
#Upper Paleolithic Reel by @prehistoric.betty - Here I'm wearing my brand-new handmade hairnet, crafted from bast and nettle-using nettle at the end to add a bit of color contrast. I can definitely
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Here I’m wearing my brand-new handmade hairnet, crafted from bast and nettle—using nettle at the end to add a bit of color contrast. I can definitely say it was a lot of work to do all that twining with the bast material! 😅🦬 My hairnet is heavily inspired by the Venus of Brassempouy, a small ivory figurine from the Upper Paleolithic period (about 25,000 years old), specifically from the Gravettian culture. It’s one of the earliest known realistic depictions of a human face, which I find absolutely fascinating. It’s not entirely clear whether the grid-like pattern on her head represents braids or a hairnet, but I love the idea that it might be a hairnet and that’s the interpretation I went with.🌿🦬🦬 I'll make a separate post all about the hairnet, how I made it and more about the figurine that inspired me. For now, I’m just really happy that it stays in place so well. At first, I made it without the front piece across my forehead, and it just wouldn’t stay while wearing it. But with that small addition on my forehead, it surprisingly holds up really well! *yeyy* 💚 I might still add some beads or maybe another snail shell or a seashell, but I also really like the simple look of out now. Besides the hairnet, I also wove a loop bag and I think my fingers need a little break from all that twining for now… *hahaha* 😉🦬 #stoneage #prehistoric #experimentalarcheology #Gravettian #venusofbassempouy #stoneagereenactment #nature #ancientskills #stoneageskills #ancient clothing #ancientcraft #nettle #bast #bushcraft #archaeology #livinghistory
#Upper Paleolithic Reel by @antikdunyalar (verified account) - 📌CAVİGLİONE KADINI

Bu hanımefendi, 24 bin yıl önce İtalya'da yaşamış ve iskeleti 1872 yılında Caviglione Mağarası'nda bulunmuştur. İlk keşfedildiğin
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📌CAVİGLİONE KADINI Bu hanımefendi, 24 bin yıl önce İtalya’da yaşamış ve iskeleti 1872 yılında Caviglione Mağarası’nda bulunmuştur. İlk keşfedildiğinde erkek sanıldığı için “Menton Adamı” olarak adlandırılmış, ancak daha sonra yapılan incelemeler onun bir kadın olduğunu ortaya koymuştur. Yaşamış olduğu dönem Üst Paleolitik’in Gravettien evresine tarihlenmektedir. Bu dönemde avcı-toplayıcı topluluklar, deniz kabukları ve hayvan dişlerinden süs eşyaları üretmiş; ölülerini kırmızı aşı boyasıyla gömmüş; mağaralarda barınmış ve Buzul Çağı’nın sert iklim koşullarıyla mücadele etmişlerdir. Yaklaşık 170–172 cm boyuna olan Caviglione Kadını, Buzul Çağı koşullarında yaşayan bir kadın için oldukça uzun ve etkileyici bir boya sahipti. Araştırmalar, onun en az bir kez doğum yapmış olduğunu göstermektedir. Caviglione Kadını’nı asıl özel kılan ise gömülme biçimidir. Arkeologlar, onun toplumunda bir şaman ya da ruhani bir lider olabileceğini düşünmektedirler. Başında, 300’den fazla delinmiş deniz kabuğu ve geyik dişlerinden oluşan son derece süslü bir başlık bulunmuştur. Vücudu ise, o dönemde ritüelistik bir öneme sahip olan kırmızı aşı boyası ile kaplanmıştır. Canlandırma bana ait ancak müze fotoğrafları alıntıdır. ENGLISH VERSION 📌LADY OF CAVIGLIONE The Lady of Caviglione lived in Italy around 24,000 years ago. Her skeleton was discovered in 1872 in the Caviglione Cave and was initially identified as male, earning her the name “Menton Man,” until later studies confirmed she was a woman. She belonged to the Gravettian phase of the Upper Paleolithic, a period marked by hunter-gatherer communities who crafted ornaments from shells and animal teeth, buried their dead with red ochre, and endured the harsh conditions of the Ice Age. Standing about 170–172 cm tall, she was remarkably tall for her time, and evidence suggests she had given birth at least once. Her elaborate burial, including a headdress of over 300 perforated shells and deer teeth and a body covered in red ochre, suggests she may have held a special, possibly spiritual, status within her community.
#Upper Paleolithic Reel by @natural_selections__ (verified account) - Thanks to a hurricane ripping through across the coast the previous week, creeks like this one were ripped & ravaged by roaring flood waters. These po
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Thanks to a hurricane ripping through across the coast the previous week, creeks like this one were ripped & ravaged by roaring flood waters. These powerful currents can churn and toss stones about the water with ease, which can often lead to some hidden gems being ripped to the surface from the rocky bottom. Such conditions led to these wonderful finds along a creek in the heart of the Pennsylvania Wilds. Fossils are truly some of my favorite natural treasures to find & they always remind me that I’m just the latest occupant of a very long-lived planet #fossils #dinosaurs #earth #history #nature #science #fyp
#Upper Paleolithic Reel by @hominidhistorylife - Prehistoric Humans BUILT their homes from GIANTS!

#prehistoric  #IceAge #hominidhistorylife #humanevolution #HomoHabilis
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Prehistoric Humans BUILT their homes from GIANTS! #prehistoric #IceAge #hominidhistorylife #humanevolution #HomoHabilis
#Upper Paleolithic Reel by @digitwithraven (verified account) - 40,000 year-old writing?! 🤯 Well, sort of…

Researchers studying a set of European Paleolithic ivory figurines dating from 34,000 to 40,000 years ago
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40,000 year-old writing?! 🤯 Well, sort of… Researchers studying a set of European Paleolithic ivory figurines dating from 34,000 to 40,000 years ago have discovered that the markings etched on them are a type of sign system to store information. This is very similar to the beginnings of our earliest writing system, Proto-Cuneiform (c. 3,000 BCE) in terms of level of complexity and the amount of information on them. This is not a written language or writing system that directly translates into words or sounds. They are merely signs and symbols that convey information to those who know what they mean. So while it’s not changing our entire timeline of history and the development of written language, it is still an amazing discovery that proves we as humans required some method of record keeping and information storage much earlier than we originally believed. When we compare these markings to Proto-Cuneiform, it’s not about who invented writing and when, it’s about further understanding the development of our species as a whole, and the systems we created to interact with one another and function as a society. The study is open access and you can read it for yourself for free here: C. Bentz, & E. Dutkiewicz, Humans 40,000 y ago developed a system of conventional signs, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 123 (9) e2520385123, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2520385123 (2026) . . . #ancienthistory #archaeology #newdiscovery #historygram #writing | ancient Mesopotamia | cuneiform | earliest writing | European history | paleolithic | Palaeolithic | archaeological discovery | ancient artefacts | prehistoric writing | Prehistoric Europe | Palaeolithic Europe
#Upper Paleolithic Reel by @fossilscurated - Fossil-larping activities….

#fossils #dinosaurs #paleontology #collectibles #naturalhistory
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Fossil-larping activities…. #fossils #dinosaurs #paleontology #collectibles #naturalhistory
#Upper Paleolithic Reel by @_tidetravel - Between 288,000 and 600,000 years ago, somebody sat down with a river pebble and began to shape it. They worked carefully, probably hitting it with an
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Between 288,000 and 600,000 years ago, somebody sat down with a river pebble and began to shape it. They worked carefully, probably hitting it with another pebble and then a softer piece of antler or ivory to refine the details. They weren't human as we think of humans, but they were a species we call homo Heidelbergensis. They occupied Europe long before modern humans. Whether this person had language, religion or a sense of art isn't something we will ever know. Their brain didn't work like ours and they might have had thoughts that we simply can't biologically. We know they could use fire, they potentially wore clothes, and were most likely part of a small group that had just made a successful hunt. At this time the land that would become London was variously home to hippos, rhinos, elephants, beavers and mammoths, and ancient humans would have prowled the grasslands and floodplains. The tool our person made was exquisite, a pointed handaxe that was used for butchery but refined far beyond what was really needed. Maybe, like us, they valued perfection and geometry in their work. As true for a handaxe as for a medieval cathedral or a Roman amphitheatre. They didn't take it with them, though. The group moved on once it had eaten and the tool was left behind. As the years passed, its black colour patinated to tortoiseshell. It probably found its way into glacial meltwater and the ancient river Thames. Entire worlds came and went. This axe lasted through ice ages and the extinction of homo Heidelbergensis. It was at least 270,000 years old when the first word was written. From then on, it saw the whole of human history compressed into less than five per cent of its lifespan. It sat untouched. And then, some long time later, I went for a walk on my lunch break. On the way back, I spotted something sat on the Thames foreshore in a gravel patch. Its shape was unmistakeably human and, seconds later, I became the first to hold it since the person who made it all those lifetimes ago. In those moments, looking back into a chasm of time, you realise how small you are. #stoneage #archaeology #prehistory #mudlarking #history
#Upper Paleolithic Reel by @katie.digs.dinos - I went fossil hunting at the bottom of the ocean 🌊🌊

Well… it *used* to be an ocean! This is the Lebanon Limestone, a geologic formation in Tennesse
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I went fossil hunting at the bottom of the ocean 🌊🌊 Well… it *used* to be an ocean! This is the Lebanon Limestone, a geologic formation in Tennessee that contains fossils dating back to the Ordovician Period (roughly 450 MILLION years ago!). We found all sorts of cool stuff at this outcrop, including brachiopods, bryozoans, nautiloids, and more 👀 Do you want a part 2?? - #paleontology #fossil #fossils #invertebratepaleontology #invertebratepalaeontology #nature #fossilhunting #rockhounding #rockhound
#Upper Paleolithic Reel by @deltacompanies - Not sure what an anthropology rock is… but between Delta and Reeves, we've got a whole quarry. 🪨🚧🏗️

#Reeves #DeltaCos #quarries
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Not sure what an anthropology rock is… but between Delta and Reeves, we’ve got a whole quarry. 🪨🚧🏗️ #Reeves #DeltaCos #quarries
#Upper Paleolithic Reel by @girlfriendofbath - Neanderthals made stalagmite art?

Source: Jaubert et al. "Early Neanderthal constructions deep in Bruniquel Cave in southwestern France." Nature. 201
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Neanderthals made stalagmite art? Source: Jaubert et al. “Early Neanderthal constructions deep in Bruniquel Cave in southwestern France.” Nature. 2016. Ty to @dug.north for sending #History #archaeology #neanderthal #learnsomethingnew

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