[SunkenCiv]

• Ancient humans in Israel once ate elephants. When they disappeared, weapons improved-A new paper from researchers at Tel Aviv University proposes a link between the disappearance of large prey and advancements in hunting and technology [09/07/2023]

The other GGG topics added since the previous digest ping, alpha:

• Ancient warehouse — from first Roman city outside Italy — discovered in France. See it [Narbonne / Narbonensis] [04/01/2024]
• Earliest evidence of loss of seasonal egg laying in chickens [04/07/2024]
• 8 decades later, remains of a Virginia sailor killed in Pearl Harbor are identified [03/31/2024]
• 5 Incredible Facts About Japanese Samurai: There Was a Samurai Colony in California [03/31/2024]
• Found the Memory of the Old Corps for our Marines [04/03/2024]
• Industrial Revolution began in 17th not 18th century, say academics Researchers find shift from agriculture to manufacturing first gained pace under Stuart monarchs [04/05/2024]
• Is English just badly pronounced French? [18:08] [04/02/2024]
• Modern Blackfoot people descend from an ancient ice age lineage [04/07/2024]
• Prehistoric human remains found in East Yorkshire [04/01/2024]
• Rare volcanic vortex rings puff out of Mount Etna [04/07/2024]
• 'Remarkable' concealed Roman villa unearthed [Oxfordshire] [04/02/2024]
• Why The Ancient Greeks Couldn't See Blue [6:39] [04/02/2024]
• The Writing Systems of the World Explained, from the Latin Alphabet to the Abugidas of India [04/05/2024]
• Wyatt Earp speaks on gunfighting on the frontier Narration by Steve Berwick [04/07/2024]
• Wyoming Researcher Helps Discover Giant Prehistoric 170-Pound Chicken From Hell [04/01/2024]

[Sacajaweau]

And what was the temperature at the time? I mean Elephant farts must be humongous.

[Jan_Sobieski]

The Homo Erectus are running the country!

[lgjhn23]

“Homo Erectus”??? All I could imagine was a queer, green/purple-haired woke that had OD’d on Viagra.../s

[bunkerhill7]

Homo erectus were Democrats?

[Adder]

why there were so many ancient quarries in the region,

They were mining Viagra?

[Bobbyvotes]

Wonder if they ate raw elephant meat or used the flint to spark fire with kindle wood.