A 42,000-year history of supernatural bird calls, from the Papuan Plateau to Pink Floyd
Made from the wing bone of a griffon vulture, the ancient flute would have produced eerie echos in Hohle Fels Cave.
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Made from the wing bone of a griffon vulture, the ancient flute would have produced eerie echos in Hohle Fels Cave.
The ritual death of a shamanic apprentice was intended to break down cultural conditioning so the subject could see the spirit world with new eyes made of quartz crystal.
Modern humans settled where Neanderthals had lived and copied their burial practices -- they had every opportunity to discover their egg-shaped skulls.
The Nazca people believed migrating birds delivered exotic seeds from beyond the horizon in spring and carried souls to a heavenly paradise in the fall ...
Just 10 years ago, many scholars still believed there was no interbreeding. Genetic studies now show it went on for more than 30,000 years.