Deep History, and the Development of the Agrarian World to 4000 BCE

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Not all Hominids are Human Beings  

David Johanson and Maitland Edey

Date:
1981
Subject:
Period, Deep History, and the Development of the Agrarian World to 4000 BCE, Topic, Culture and Identity, Cultural Exchange, Region, Sub-Saharan Africa
In 1973, in Ethiopia, paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson stumbled across the skeleton of a hominin (or as he refers to it, a hominid) nearly 3.5 million years old. Nicknamed Lucy, it was ... More

Of Lice and Men  

William J. Burroughs

Date:
2005
Subject:
Period, Deep History, and the Development of the Agrarian World to 4000 BCE, Topic, The Environment, Region, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, Australia, and Oceania
William J. Burroughs, a scientist who specializes in physics and climate ponders the unwelcome relationship between people and lice, and what that reveals about evolution and migration of ... More

Python-Shaped Ornamented Rock Found in the Rhino Cave, Botswana  

Anonymous

Date:
c. 70,000 Years Before Present
Subject:
Period, Deep History, and the Development of the Agrarian World to 4000 BCE, Topic, Religion, Ideas, and Belief Systems, Region, Sub-Saharan Africa
Archaeologists working in the Tsodilo Hills of Botswana in 2006 may have found the oldest evidence of a form of human ritual behavior. One cavern contains a large rock, roughly 20 feet long ... More

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