Microscopic flax fibers were discovered in clay samples taken from Dzudzuana Cave in the Republic of Georgia. “It’s impossible to know exactly how they were used, but some of them are twisted. This is a very old principle of making rope and cord,” said Ofer Bar-Yosef of Harvard University. The fibers are more than 30,000 […]

A small stone figurine was discovered at Turkey’s Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük last week. The reclining man sports a bushy beard and a big nose. The bones of a woman who had been sacrificed more than 2,000 years ago were unearthed in northern Peru. Known as the “Lady of Pacopampa,” her legs had been bound, […]