It’s #OG #FossilFriday! 
This unassuming fossil is what anchored me to the paleo path. It's a fragment of mammoth tusk, the outer cementum, discovered on a river gravel bar near New Ulm, MN. It proved for me that Pleistocene mammals once roamed my hometown. Through research, I learned it is one of a dozen individual specimens form the area. For more check out Lost Bones #3 on Medium , link below, or explore other links in my profile.
This comment on #archaeological analysis based in GINI coefficients (fundamentally house space across a 1000 sites) focuses on inequality (or not) in the #Holocene
But do NOT imagine that there were no #Pleistocene #civilisations. We became Homo sapiens, the symbolic species, thanks to #egalitarianism
And don't anyone try telling me this isn't civilisation! Subsequent 'civilisations' were those which maintained egalitarianism, the most politically complex human societies. 'Civil' society promotes equality, sharing and cooperation with strangers, and investment in childcare not warfare -- the exact opposite tendencies of today's fascism.
#Archaeology A male #Denisova mandible from #Pleistocene #Taiwan. Article in #Science, english, https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads3888 popular science article in #danish https://videnskab.dk/naturvidenskab/danske-fossiljaegere-finder-endnu-et-forhistorisk-denisova-menneske/
#LostBones #FossilFriday! In a 1945, C. R. Stauffer documented the discovery of a tarsal bone from an ancient horse, possibly Equus caballus, uncovered in October 1939 in glacial deposits 31 feet below the surface during well drilling in Marshall, MN.
Pleistocene horse specimens are rare in Minnesota Check out Lost Bones #4 (profile link) for details.
#Pleistocene #Horses #Paleontology #CitizenScience
Ref: Stauffer, C. R. (1945). Some Pleistocene Mammalian Inhabitants of Minnesota.
#LostBones #FossilFriday This crusty chunk of bison skull and horn core was discovered within the city limits of Glenwood, Minnesota, along a creek running through Barness Park.
It was donated to the Pope County Historical Society in 2020 and is now displayed alongside several other bison skulls from the area.
#Minnesota #FossilFriday A beautiful horse upper molar recently discovered by a friend near New Ulm, MN. Based on its preservation, it may date back to the Pleistocene. This find has been donated to the Science Museum of Minnesota for further study.
#NewUlm #Pleistocene #LostBones #Equus #Horse #MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience
For the incredible story of Columbian mammoth specimens found near New Ulm, check out Lost Bones #3 here: https://linktr.ee/lostbones.
This mystery mammoth molar was donated to the Pope County Historical Society in Glenwood, Minnesota, along with a large bison skullcap and another mammoth molar.
I am actively investigating its discovery location, along with several other donations. Check the link in my profile to uncover more stories of 'lost' Pleistocene specimens, where I’ve pieced together the details of their discovery and preservation.
Implications for Early Human Abilities and Dispersals in East Asia (A NEW, free, 6-page article)
Tags: #Pleistocene #Archeology #Prehistory #Asia
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/earliest-prepared-core-technology-in_ma-dong-dong-et-al
It’s a #LostBones #FossilFriday This mammoth molar's dentin/enamel plates have separated. It was found in a gravel pit on a farm in Nora Township by a Works Progress Administration (WPA) crew in November 1941.
If placed together in its original form, it measures about 14cm x 14cm. It is now housed in the Pope County Historical Society Museum in Glenwood, MN.
Original (left) and #3dprint (right) fossil pocket gopher skull from Riverside County CA. Thomomys bottae, #Pleistocene, Western Science Center collection. #FossilFriday #scicomm #paleontology
Archaeologists uncover 1.5-million-year-old hand axes in Iraqi desert
A team of archaeologists has made a breakthrough in Iraq’s Western Desert, where seven Paleolithic sites have been discovered comprising over 850 stone tools...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/02/1-5-million-year-old-hand-axes-in-iraqi-desert/
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It’s a #LostBones #FossilFriday This mammoth specimen is not from #Minnesota, but you can see it here! This molar and partial jaw were found west of Fairbanks, Alaska, in the Tanana River Valley in 1975, until the fall of 2024 when it was donated to the Runestone Museum in Alexandria.
The museum also holds the controversial Kensington Runestone, proposed to provide evidence of pre-Columbian trans-Atlantic contact in Minnesota.
Oldest hominin evidence in Europe found in Romania, dating back 1.95 million years
New research at Romania’s Grăunceanu site has uncovered evidence of hominin activity at least 1.95 million years ago, marking the oldest known hominin presence in Europe. Published in Nature Communications, this breakthrough study redefines early hominin migration.
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/01/oldest-hominin-evidence-in-europe-romania/
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#LostBones #FossilFriday Check out this beautiful crusty chunk of bison horncore and skullcap discovered near Barsness Park, Glenwood, Minnesota. This specimen was donated to the Pope County Historical Society in 2020.
@popecountymuseum @PCMuseum #GlenwoodMN #Pleistocene #Bison #Bisonbison #MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience
See the link in my profile for more Pleistocene museum specimens and their sorties of discovery and preservation.
Evidenced Paleodrainages In Desert Regions Of Saudi Arabia - Satellite Images With Field-Based Study
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https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4959129/v1 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #streams #poroussediments #pebbles #RadarImages #SaudiArabia #MiddleEast #remotesensing #drainage #paleodrainage #desert #evidence #satellite #imagery #fieldwork #fieldchecked #Quaternary #Pleistocene #climatechange #geology #landform #geomorphology #arid #streamnetwork #PALSAR #ASTER #thermaldifferentiation #spatialanalysis #multispectral #sediment #lithology #hydromorphic #geomorphmetry #waterresources #usecase
Lost Bones #3 (Can't Spot the Bison Teeth for the Gravel)
https://open.substack.com/pub/marcusbrandel/p/lost-bones-3-cant-spot-the-bison
Max’s Mobile Museum #M3 is out for the 2nd time in two days, this time at San Jacinto Elementary. We’re showing the differences between American & Pacific mastodons. The femur of Pacific mastodons (on the right) are visibly more robust than in American mastodons (on the left).
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Greg Cocks 