World History
- Prehistoric Clam Bakes
Around 164 thousand years ago, some humans were having clam bakes on the shores of Africa. This is reported in an article by Will Dunham titled For early humans, a beach party and clam bake in S.Africa. Dunham wrote, "For early humans, one of the first...
- 1491 : New Revelations Of The Americas Before Columbus
1491 : New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus. I just finished reading this book by Charles C. Mann yesterday. I must say that it was both enjoyable and informative and it really made me think about my perceptions of what pre-1492 America was...
- History Of The World
History of the World This is a short essay which tries to sum it all up! From the site: This is my attempt to put up a decent essay on world history with some of my favorite history links. My name is Jeff Coons and I am a history teacher in Perryburg,...
- Neanderthal Tools: New Evidence
Archaeologists recently discovered evidence that they believe shows that Neanderthals were making specialized bone tools before Homo Sapiens Sapiens arrived in Europe. They made the discoveries in France. They have come up with several possible...
- Paleolithic Humans Had Bread Along With Their Meat
Starch grains found on 30,000-year-old grinding stones suggest that prehistoric humans may have dined on an early form of flatbread, contrary to their popular image as primarily meat eaters. Read the full article @ the NY Times....
World History
When did Humans Come to The Americas?
New discoveries suggest that humans came to the Americas as early as 22,000 years, not 13,000 as most archaeologists thought. Talking to the New York Times, Walter Neves, an evolutionary anthropologist at the University of São Paulo, said '?If they?re right, and there?s a great possibility that they are, that will change everything we know about the settlement of the Americas."'
- Prehistoric Clam Bakes
Around 164 thousand years ago, some humans were having clam bakes on the shores of Africa. This is reported in an article by Will Dunham titled For early humans, a beach party and clam bake in S.Africa. Dunham wrote, "For early humans, one of the first...
- 1491 : New Revelations Of The Americas Before Columbus
1491 : New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus. I just finished reading this book by Charles C. Mann yesterday. I must say that it was both enjoyable and informative and it really made me think about my perceptions of what pre-1492 America was...
- History Of The World
History of the World This is a short essay which tries to sum it all up! From the site: This is my attempt to put up a decent essay on world history with some of my favorite history links. My name is Jeff Coons and I am a history teacher in Perryburg,...
- Neanderthal Tools: New Evidence
Archaeologists recently discovered evidence that they believe shows that Neanderthals were making specialized bone tools before Homo Sapiens Sapiens arrived in Europe. They made the discoveries in France. They have come up with several possible...
- Paleolithic Humans Had Bread Along With Their Meat
Starch grains found on 30,000-year-old grinding stones suggest that prehistoric humans may have dined on an early form of flatbread, contrary to their popular image as primarily meat eaters. Read the full article @ the NY Times....