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The most important lumps of dry mud in history

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Before writing there was what?? According to our best understanding of archaeology before writing came clay tokens. These simple lumps of dry mud played an incredibly important role in human development. They may be responsible for large numbers, writing, administration, board games and everyone's favourite, powerful bureaucracies.

Massive thanks to Dr. William (Brad) Hafford. Video could not have been made without him. Go check out his channel here @artifactuallyspeaking

Do go check out the Penn Museum if you're interested in Mesopotamia https://www.penn.museum/on-view/galleries-exhibitions/middle-east-galleries

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First ever Denisovan artwork?

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Was the first ever Denisovan artwork found on Sulawesi?

At 67.8 thousand years old it predates the arrival of modern humans by at least 10-15 thousand years.

The Mind-blowing Scale Of Moai Building

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Check out the map for yourself https://www.arcgis.com/apps/instant/3dviewer/index.html?appid=233cada52d434e9fa4d1741c92e308da

The teams paper on Rapa Nui quarrying https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0336251

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Two Brits Take US History Test (we sucked)

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Merry Christmas!
Check out @HistoryTime
Quiz: https://play.howstuffworks.com/quiz/can-score-difficult-american-history-quiz#google_vignette

Thumbnail and Editing by Cheyenne De Wolf

0:00 Faffing and Chatting
5:45 Quizzing bruv

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the ancient 300 year megadrought was probably not great.

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As the title suggests the 8.2ka event was a bummer for some.

0:00 giant floods
4:43 hunter gatherers
12:06 farmers


Sources:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-021-01628-4
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0033589406000949
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/quaternary-research/article/changes-in-climate-drove-vegetation-and-land-use-dynamics-at-the-onset-of-farming-in-europe/81E986413311CA845BD3E5DF35522C2C?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=bookmark


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