New Humans, Buried Time Capsule, and a Shaman’s Snake Stick - Ep 129

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This week we discuss three recent news articles about archaeology. First, potential new additions to the hominin evolutionary tree. Then, a CRM firm in South Carolina opens a time capsule from the mid 1800s. And finally, a carved wood staff is found in Finland and it may have belonged to a Shaman.

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• Mysterious skull fossils expand human family tree — but questions remain

• Contents of long-buried time capsule surprise archaeologists

• Possible shaman's snake stick from 4,400 years ago discovered in a Finnish lake

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Northern European Rock Art with Rauno Lauhakangas - Ep 73

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Rauno Lauhakangus is the president of the Finnish Rock Art Society and a physicist. He’s on TAS to talk about northern European Rock Art and how we interpret that past through the rock carvings. Also, there’s no pictographs in Finland?

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• Finnish Rock Art Association (in Finnish)

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• Chris Webster

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