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Neanderthals Likely Killed and Butchered Cave Lions, Speared Skeleton Suggests

Published on October 12, 2023

Marks on the ribcage of a 48,000-year-old cave lion skeleton suggest the animal was killed by Neanderthals, making it the first evidence that our nearest human cousins hunted the Ice Age predators.

Viking Runestones Suggest Bluetooth’s Mom Was Actually a Really Big Deal

October 12, 2023

Archaeologists scrutinizing two groups of runestones from Denmark have determined the name ‘Thyra’ mentioned in the two inscriptions refers to the same woman: Queen Thyra, wife of Gorm the Old, and mother of Harald Bluetooth, the ruler whose name adorns the technology that connects modern wireless devices.Read more...

SAG-AFTRA Contract Negotiations Break Down After AMPTP Refuses to Counter

October 12, 2023

In the wake of the WGA’s incredible success on strike and in the negotiation of its own contract with the AMPTP, when it was announced that studio representatives would return to the bargaining table with the still-striking actors’ union SAG-AFTRA last week, there was hope that a similar labor win could be on the…Read more...