Americans, talking about the Palaeolithic: imagine a burger
Apparently, Paleolithic garden burgers (patties of legume and grains) may have been a thing! And they flavored food with mustard, and used medicinal plants like yarrow and chamomile!
Coming together to eat the food we share has been part of humanity from the very beginning. I wrote this post after a Thanksgiving week lecture on evidence for Neanderthals and other ancient people making prepared mixtures of grains, lentils, and other foods.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Americans, talking about the Palaeolithic: imagine a burger
🪨Giant mystery: a Palaeolithic giant handaxe from Wirral. Read more 👀📖➡️ prehistoricwirral.com/giant-handax...
#Archaeology #Palaeolithic #Prehistory #Lithics #Gianthandaxe #Wirral
#Archaeology #Palaeolithic #Prehistory #Lithics #Gianthandaxe #Wirral
January 11, 2026 at 11:10 AM
🪨Giant mystery: a Palaeolithic giant handaxe from Wirral. Read more 👀📖➡️ prehistoricwirral.com/giant-handax...
#Archaeology #Palaeolithic #Prehistory #Lithics #Gianthandaxe #Wirral
#Archaeology #Palaeolithic #Prehistory #Lithics #Gianthandaxe #Wirral
A new Palaeolithic female figurine from Piatra Neamț, Romania sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
November 18, 2024 at 8:26 AM
A new Palaeolithic female figurine from Piatra Neamț, Romania sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
The Palaeolithic Mosotho Dinosaurs vibing with the Neolithic Slavic Dinosaurs
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The Palaeolithic Mosotho Dinosaurs vibing with the Neolithic Slavic Dinosaurs
A visit to the Musée Sainte-Croix in Poitiers reveals many treasures. A palaeolithic hare stares back at you.
June 20, 2026 at 1:44 PM
A visit to the Musée Sainte-Croix in Poitiers reveals many treasures. A palaeolithic hare stares back at you.
There’s nothing like reading about the Palaeolithic to give you a bit of historical perspective. Today I read of a single tool-making culture within the Palaeolithic that lasted for the same length of time that separates the Egyptian Old Kingdom and the Moon landings
April 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
There’s nothing like reading about the Palaeolithic to give you a bit of historical perspective. Today I read of a single tool-making culture within the Palaeolithic that lasted for the same length of time that separates the Egyptian Old Kingdom and the Moon landings
🪨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
#FindsFriday #FlintFriday #Palaeolithic
September 18, 2026 at 7:35 AM
🪨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
#FindsFriday #FlintFriday #Palaeolithic
NEWS! Palaeolithic Dad refusing to discover fire, insists his family put on extra animal hides first newsthump.com/2025/12/02/p...
Palaeolithic Dad refusing to discover fire, insists his family put on extra animal hides first
A Palaeolithic Dad has insisted that his family puts on some extra animals hides before he starts discovering fire.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
NEWS! Palaeolithic Dad refusing to discover fire, insists his family put on extra animal hides first newsthump.com/2025/12/02/p...
🪨A Palaeolithic Neanderthal Levallois spearhead cleverly made to incorporate a fossilised bivalve mollusc shell. Dating to between c.400,00-40,000 BC.
#Archaeology #FindsFriday #Palaeolithic #Neanderthal #Levallois #Lithics #Wirral
#Archaeology #FindsFriday #Palaeolithic #Neanderthal #Levallois #Lithics #Wirral
January 30, 2026 at 10:32 AM
🪨A Palaeolithic Neanderthal Levallois spearhead cleverly made to incorporate a fossilised bivalve mollusc shell. Dating to between c.400,00-40,000 BC.
#Archaeology #FindsFriday #Palaeolithic #Neanderthal #Levallois #Lithics #Wirral
#Archaeology #FindsFriday #Palaeolithic #Neanderthal #Levallois #Lithics #Wirral
Palaeolithic archaeologists ⬇️
July 22, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Palaeolithic archaeologists ⬇️
Possibly the best birthday present ever 🥰 it’s a Palaeolithic hand axe #palaeolithic #stoneage #ancienttools
May 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Possibly the best birthday present ever 🥰 it’s a Palaeolithic hand axe #palaeolithic #stoneage #ancienttools
This is the “Lady with the Hood.” It is 28,000 years old & perhaps the earliest depiction of a human face. Made from mammoth ivory, its delicate modelling & drapery of the hood belie the idea palaeolithic people were artistically crude. It is a beautiful piece.
🏛️📷 National Archaeological Museum🇫🇷
🏛️📷 National Archaeological Museum🇫🇷
May 25, 2026 at 11:59 AM
This is the “Lady with the Hood.” It is 28,000 years old & perhaps the earliest depiction of a human face. Made from mammoth ivory, its delicate modelling & drapery of the hood belie the idea palaeolithic people were artistically crude. It is a beautiful piece.
🏛️📷 National Archaeological Museum🇫🇷
🏛️📷 National Archaeological Museum🇫🇷
Evidence of Middle Palaeolithic human occupation in south-central Oman
by Dominik Chlachula and colleages
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#prehistory #palaeolithic #Oman
by Dominik Chlachula and colleages
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#prehistory #palaeolithic #Oman
November 15, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Evidence of Middle Palaeolithic human occupation in south-central Oman
by Dominik Chlachula and colleages
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@antiquityj.bsky.social
#prehistory #palaeolithic #Oman
by Dominik Chlachula and colleages
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@antiquityj.bsky.social
#prehistory #palaeolithic #Oman
"and to represent a temporary influx of Upper Palaeolithic
elements into a domain of the Mousterian.. from time to time, Upper Palaeolithic tribes would have penetrated into western Europe with more or less lasting success, though causing muddle in our prehistoric chronology." Zeuner 1956
elements into a domain of the Mousterian.. from time to time, Upper Palaeolithic tribes would have penetrated into western Europe with more or less lasting success, though causing muddle in our prehistoric chronology." Zeuner 1956
February 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
"and to represent a temporary influx of Upper Palaeolithic
elements into a domain of the Mousterian.. from time to time, Upper Palaeolithic tribes would have penetrated into western Europe with more or less lasting success, though causing muddle in our prehistoric chronology." Zeuner 1956
elements into a domain of the Mousterian.. from time to time, Upper Palaeolithic tribes would have penetrated into western Europe with more or less lasting success, though causing muddle in our prehistoric chronology." Zeuner 1956
a new trend
December 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
a new trend
The Brassempouy Museum replicating and amplifying Palaeolithic symbolism with style here.
December 8, 2024 at 5:08 PM
The Brassempouy Museum replicating and amplifying Palaeolithic symbolism with style here.
Wow is this an actual photo from the Palaeolithic?
February 27, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Wow is this an actual photo from the Palaeolithic?
Yesterday I continued my Palaeolithic knowledge exchange programme engaging with Archaeological planning teams. This time I was in the former Martian territory of Woking, talking about Surrey's great Palaeolithic record. 🏺🦣
May 22, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Yesterday I continued my Palaeolithic knowledge exchange programme engaging with Archaeological planning teams. This time I was in the former Martian territory of Woking, talking about Surrey's great Palaeolithic record. 🏺🦣
symmetry OCD for Palaeolithic archaeologists: images of upside-down bifaces
This Lower Palaeolithic pointed handaxe from Hoxne, Suffolk, is an example of a part of the Society’s collection which symbolises crucial changes in our understanding of the world and what we can learn from the antiquity of the earth.
May 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
symmetry OCD for Palaeolithic archaeologists: images of upside-down bifaces
#FindsFriday #FlintFriday
🪨🦣🔥All fired up, heat cracked flint tools from the Lower Palaeolithic c.400,000 BC. Found together with other Clactonian tools and Acheulean handaxes possibly made by Homo heidelbergensis
#Archaeology #Palaeolithic #lithics #Wirral
🪨🦣🔥All fired up, heat cracked flint tools from the Lower Palaeolithic c.400,000 BC. Found together with other Clactonian tools and Acheulean handaxes possibly made by Homo heidelbergensis
#Archaeology #Palaeolithic #lithics #Wirral
December 12, 2025 at 6:33 AM
#FindsFriday #FlintFriday
🪨🦣🔥All fired up, heat cracked flint tools from the Lower Palaeolithic c.400,000 BC. Found together with other Clactonian tools and Acheulean handaxes possibly made by Homo heidelbergensis
#Archaeology #Palaeolithic #lithics #Wirral
🪨🦣🔥All fired up, heat cracked flint tools from the Lower Palaeolithic c.400,000 BC. Found together with other Clactonian tools and Acheulean handaxes possibly made by Homo heidelbergensis
#Archaeology #Palaeolithic #lithics #Wirral
Anyone else see three Palaeolithic prosthetic ears???
Just us then... 👂👂👂
Just us then... 👂👂👂
#FindsFriday #FlintFriday
Middle Palaeolithic notched scrapers. First two made from shell, third made from grey flint.
#Archaeology #lithics #flint #Wirral
Middle Palaeolithic notched scrapers. First two made from shell, third made from grey flint.
#Archaeology #lithics #flint #Wirral
August 8, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Anyone else see three Palaeolithic prosthetic ears???
Just us then... 👂👂👂
Just us then... 👂👂👂
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*Palaeolithic archaeologists joined the chat*
Oh, centuries? how sweet
*Palaeolithic archaeologists joined the chat*
Oh, centuries? how sweet
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*Palaeolithic archaeologists joined the chat*
Oh, centuries? how sweet
*Palaeolithic archaeologists joined the chat*
Oh, centuries? how sweet
Unravelling the Palaeolithic 2026!
Join us for two days of all things Palaeolithic, Pleistocene and Early Human Origins at UCL Institute of Archaeology 19-20th June.
Call for papers is now open and tickets are on sale! Check out our website for more information.
sites.google.com/view/unravel...
Join us for two days of all things Palaeolithic, Pleistocene and Early Human Origins at UCL Institute of Archaeology 19-20th June.
Call for papers is now open and tickets are on sale! Check out our website for more information.
sites.google.com/view/unravel...
Unravelling the Palaeolithic
Welcome to the website for the Unravelling the Palaeolithic conference 2026!
Unravelling the Palaeolithic is an ECR and student-led conference with a history of showcasing excellence in research in P...
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February 9, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Unravelling the Palaeolithic 2026!
Join us for two days of all things Palaeolithic, Pleistocene and Early Human Origins at UCL Institute of Archaeology 19-20th June.
Call for papers is now open and tickets are on sale! Check out our website for more information.
sites.google.com/view/unravel...
Join us for two days of all things Palaeolithic, Pleistocene and Early Human Origins at UCL Institute of Archaeology 19-20th June.
Call for papers is now open and tickets are on sale! Check out our website for more information.
sites.google.com/view/unravel...
Might there be long-necked sea serpents, 'beasts of burden' Neanderthals, unicorns, and therianthropes in Palaeolithic rock art? The answer to questions like this is generally no, but check out this article anyway... tetzoo.com/blog/2019/7/...
Five Famous Palaeolithic Rock Art Enigmas — Tetrapod Zoology
I’m fascinated by ancient rock art and have written about it a few times here at TetZoo…
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April 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Might there be long-necked sea serpents, 'beasts of burden' Neanderthals, unicorns, and therianthropes in Palaeolithic rock art? The answer to questions like this is generally no, but check out this article anyway... tetzoo.com/blog/2019/7/...