Shownotes
This month, we’ve got Passover, an Easter egg hunt, agricultural breakthroughs, dog poo, balls, and so much more!
Oldest ever piece of string was made by Neanderthals 50,000 years ago (New Scientist)
'Spectacular' artefacts found as Norway ice-patch melts (The Guardian)
Israeli Archaeologists Solve Mystery of Prehistoric Stone Balls (Ha’aretz)
Sheep Bones Detected in Ancient Siberian Death Mask (Archaeology)
Evidence of 10,000-Year-Old Crops Points to the Amazon as an Early Agricultural Hotspot (Gizmodo)
5,000-year-old egg hunt: Research reveals surprising complexity of ancient ostrich egg trade (Phys.org)
The archaeological record is full of dog poop (Science)
2,400-year-old ‘Passover Letter’ Shows Evolution of Jewish Ritual (Ha’aretz)
Genomics help scientists estimate the population size of the first Samoans (UPI)
