Archaeo News Podcast 258




Stone Pages Archaeo News show

Summary: Stone Pages presents a weekly podcast with the latest archaeology news, mainly related to prehistory, megalithic monuments and discoveries. Contents: * Statistical technique used to find Paleoarchaic sites * Out-of-Africa, the peopling of continents and islands * Tortoises in the diet of early humans * Seminar explores the importance of ancient hillfort in Wales * Humans were responsible for extinction of Emu ancestor * Neanderthals infected by diseases carried by humans? * Traces of ancient humans found in Vietnam * Ancient DNA sheds new light on early Americans * 11,000-year-old pendant is earliest known Mesolithic art in Britain * 5,000-year-old rock shrine discovered in Bulgaria * Fossils from Spain earliest genetic evidence of Neanderthals * 3,000-year-old bison hunting site found in Arizona * Untouched Bronze Age burial mound discovered in England Speaker: Philip Hansen Audio file mastering: Dave Horrocks (Infinite Wave Mastering)