A 2019 satellite photo shows the recently resurrected "Marree Man" geoglyph, which mysteriously appeared in the Australian ...

Aboriginal artifacts in Australia that were likely used for ritual spells may be evidence of the oldest culturally transmitted ritual on record. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

When we think of writing systems we likely think of an Alphabetic writing system, where each symbol (letter) in the alphabet ...

Ritual sticks, between 11,000 and 12,000 years old, were discovered in Cloggs Cave. David et al., Nature Human Behavior, 2024 The remains of two wooden sticks, partially burned and smeared with fat, ...

A stick rubbed in fat 12,000 years ago revealed a ritualistic practice used for 500 generations in Australia. Monash University Whether it’s throwing salt over your shoulder after you spill it, ...

Two slightly burnt, fat-covered sticks discovered inside an Australian cave are evidence of a healing ritual that was passed down unchanged by more than 500 generations of Indigenous people over the ...

The Poland boomerang predates the oldest known Aboriginal throwing sticks from Australia, which are estimated to be about 10,000 years old, according to experts. Photo by Talamo S, Casaccia N, ...

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