Did Palaeolithic Cannibals Make Symbolic Markings?A compelling new study suggests that the cannibalism at Gough's Cave (Somerset, England) had a ritual element rather than just being for...
Silbo: The Whistled Speech of the Canary IslandsThe island of La Gomera, part of the Canary Islands, is home to one of Europe's handful of whistled languages. Silbo Gomero, which means...
Humans Reached Australia 18,000 Years Earlier Than ThoughtOur species, Homo Sapiens, may have arrived in Australia as early as 65,000 years ago; some 18,000 years sooner than previously thought....
The Stilt Walkers of Landes, FranceUntil the early twentieth century (~1930s), when the practice began to peter out, shepherds of the Landes (Lat. 'planus', 'flat')...
The Cargo Cults of MelanesiaAt the end of the nineteenth century, in the wake of successive colonial encounters between European colonists and the indigenous...
Signs Beyond the Mundane WorldHugo Obermaier - Breuil, Henri; Obermaier, Hugo y Alcalde Del Río, Hermilio (1913), La Pasiega à Puente Viesgo, Ed. A. Chêne. Mónaco....
