This Saturday - streaming on YouTube, the conference 'Alfred Savin and the North Sea Story' at Cromer, focused on fossil mammal research and the #Pleistocene landscapes of Norfolk and #Doggerland.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsOk...
#Quaternary #palaeontology #Palaeolithic @quaternaryra.bsky.social

#Reading tips: #Neanderthal #woodworking at Abric Romaní: Insights into the role of wood in a Middle #Palaeolithic #domestic context | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #archaeology #humanpast

🤖Can natural language processing clarify stratigraphic terminology in #Palaeolithic archaeology? #ICArEHB researchers Galfi & Cascalheira tackle this in an open access study in Advances in Archaeological Practice.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2026.10181
#NLP #Stratigraphy

A very rare for Wirral Lower Palaeolithic Clactonian c.421,000-412,000 BC flint flake backed knife 58.8x38.4mm. Appears to be a left-handed use tool. The large notched flake removal to the left forming a grip. Right side edge has retouch.
#FindsFriday #FlintFriday #Palaeolithic #Archaeology #Wirral

Exceptional rare Lower Palaeolithic flint cobble chopper c.400,000 BC 🪨
#FindsFriday #FlintFriday #Palaeolithic #Archaeology #Wirral

Designs engraved on Ice Age female figurines were inspired by growth patterns in mammoth tusks, a study has found. Researchers included a team from the Archaeology @ Uni of York, which offers CIfA accredited degree programmes: https://ow.ly/kBoM50ZQUOF

#archaeology #iceageart #palaeolithic

🪨A rare Lower Palaeolithic Clactonian c.421,000-412,000 BC flint flake backed knife 52x36mm. Thought to be made by Homo heidelbergensis. Found on the East coast of England.
#FindsFriday #FlintFriday #Palaeolithic

Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers: Life Before Agriculture

Prehistoric hunter-gatherers lived this way for 99% of human history. Their diet, tools, fire, cave art, and the…

#HunterGatherers #Palaeolithic

https://bookofworldhistory.com/blog/prehistoric-hunter-gatherers-life-before-agriculture

🎨 On this day in 1940: Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.

📝 Article by Emma Groeneveld. 
📷 Photos by Bayes Ahmed, Prof saxx and sevela.p 

#LascauxCave #France #Prehistory #CavePaintings #Palaeolithic #History #OnThisDay #TodayInHistory

The Lost Land Bridge Project team, led by CIfA member Dr George Nash of University of Liverpool has discovered Palaeolithic cave art which suggests that the first known humans in Ireland were likely from Wales, as reported in BBC News online: https://ow.ly/TTZ450ZLSI2

#archaeology #palaeolithic

🦣🪨Living it large. The mystery of the Wirral giant handaxe. What was it's purpose-unfinished? A training piece? The typology is Middle Palaeolithic...
www.prehistoricwirral.com/giant-handax...
#Archaeology #Mystery #Gianthandaxe #Palaeolithic #Wirral #Prehistory #Lithics