WEIRD HISTORY
Genome sequencing shows some individuals share family ties with surprising populations, and all boast plenty of Neanderthal relatives. Scientists excavate bones in the Bacho Kiro Cave in Bulgaria. Four modern human bones were recovered from this layer along with a rich stone tool …
Postwar Beetle built for the British army. Volkswagen – By David Szondy 2021 Apr 02 – The last Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the line in 2003 after more than six decades in production. One of the great game-changing automobiles, the quirky little sedan emerged …
New findings about the 12,500-year-old Shigir Idol have major implications for the study of prehistory. Hunter-gatherers in what is now Russia likely viewed the wooden sculpture as an artwork imbued with ritual significance. (Sverdlovsk Regional Museum) – By Nora McGreevy SmithsonianMag.Com 2021 Mar …
A selection of tools found at the Mongolian site Tolbor-16. UC Davis – By Michael Irving 2019 Aug 19 – The story of human history is patchy at best, but now another patch may have been filled in. Archaeologists have found ancient tools at …
An artist’s impression of Dromornis stirtoni, an extinct creature that was one of the largest birds to ever walk the Earth. Peter Trusler View 5 Images – By Michael Irving 2021 Mar 23 – Australian scientists have studied the biggest bird-brains in history for …
Jubilee singers at Fisk University, in Nashville, Tennessee, pose for promotional photograph, circa 1871. William L. Clements Library – By Samantha Hill, 2019 – 2021 Joyce Bock Fellow at the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan and current graduate student …
Floraes Mallewagen (Flora’s wagon of fools): Hendrik Gerritsz Pot, c1640 (photo: Laura Blanchard), CC BY-SA – By Anne Goldgar, Professor of Early Modern History, King’s College London Updated 2018 Feb 12 – Right now, it’s Bitcoin. But in the past we’ve had dotcom …
Santo Tomás Catholic Church in Abiquiú, N.M., is the site of an annual saint’s day celebration in late November that includes cultural elements of the Genízaros, the descendants of Native American slaves. John Burnett/NPR – By John Burnett – Twitter 2016 Dec 29 …
Protesters Demand Entry to the Miami-Dade County Canvassing Board, November 22, 2000. – By Robert Brent Toplin 2021 Feb 28 – On January 6, 2021 a violent mob invaded the U.S. Capitol. Believing Donald Trump deserved the presidency, rioters tried to prevent certification …
Roseann Bacha-Garza (left), a borderlands historian, stands with Olga Webber-Vasques at the grave of the latter’s great-great-grandfather, the abolitionist John Ferdinand Webber, in the family cemetery. – By John Burnett/NPR 2021 Feb 28 Heard on All Things Considered 13-Minute Listen Download – In …
