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archaeologicalnews · 11 months

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Oldest ever Homo sapiens footprint is found, pushing the record back by 30,000 years

Just over two decades ago, as the new millennium began, it seemed that tracks left by our ancient human ancestors dating back more than about 50,000 years were excessively rare.

Only four sites had been reported in the whole of Africa at that time. Two were from East Africa: Laetoli in Tanzania and Koobi Fora in Kenya; two were from South Africa (Nahoon and Langebaan). In fact the Nahoon site, reported in 1966, was the first hominin tracksite ever to be described.

In 2023 the situation is very different. It appears that people were not looking hard enough or were not looking in the right places. Today the African tally for dated hominin ichnosites (a term that includes both tracks and other traces) older than 50,000 years stands at 14. Read more.

#archaeology #africa #archeology #footprint #homo sapiens

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cuties-in-codices · 9 months

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ascension of christ

in an illuminated miscellany manuscript, germany, ca. 1471-1474

source: Stuttgart, Württemb. Landesbibl., Cod. poet. et phil. 2º 4, fol. 24r

#medieval art #15th century #ascension of christ #footprint #medieval illumination #illuminated manuscript #christian iconography #christ

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saddayfordemocracy · 9 months

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August 2 is Earth overshoot day 2023 !

Earth Overshoot Day (EOD) marks when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate during that year.

Today is Earth Overshoot Day 2023, the Earth Overshoot Day calculated every year by Global Footprint Network using data from National Footprint and Biocapacity Accountswhich indicates the official depletion of renewable resources that the planet is able to offer within a year.

This means that today, August 2, humanity has already “finished” all the resources that Nature produces in an entire year and is starting to go into debt. Humanity, with its over 8 billion inhabitants, consumes in excessive quantities, beyond the natural regeneration (and reabsorption) capacities of the planet.

In 1973 Overshoot Day fell on December 3: we were just a few days over our annual budget. In 2003, September 12, in 2013, August 3. The date has always been getting ahead and our ecological debt has grown.

Globally we are consuming the equivalent of 1.7 Planets a year, an ominous figure that is expected to rise to two planets by 2030, based on current trends. In the last 5 years the trend seems to have stabilized, but it is difficult to establish whether this is due to the slowdown of the economy or to decarbonisation efforts. However, the reduction of our “debt” to the planet is still too slow. To achieve the United Nations IPCC goal of reducing global greenhouse gas emissions by 43% by 2030 (compared to 2010) it would be necessary to move Earth Overshoot Day forward by 19 days per year for next seven years.

According to the WWF there are many solutions that can be adopted at the community level or individually to have a significant impact on the type of future we invest in: for example if we used energy from 75% renewable sources we could move the Overshhot day by 26 days ; halving food waste would save 13 days.

“If up until the 1960s humanity was more or less in balance, the date has moved from year to year up the calendar, to arrive today at the beginning of August. This means that humanity has been in ecological overshoot for over 50 years and the debt we have accumulated amounts to 19 years of planetary production, i.e. what Earth’s ecosystems can regenerate in 19 years. The burden of this debt, which is set to increase, is starting to reduce economic options. The loss of biodiversity, the growing unpredictability of the weather and the depletion of groundwater are just a few symptoms. But overcoming itself is not inevitable. Constantly living beyond the physical possibilities of our planet is a limited possibility in time, we risk an ecological disaster: the goods and services that are the basis of our societies and economies are all produced by functioning and healthy ecosystems. We now have many targeted solutions to reverse the overexploitation of resources and support the regeneration of the biosphere in which we live”.

#human rights #humanity #global footprint #footprint #earth #overshootday #ressources #climate change #climate emergency #ecology #sustainability #sustainable

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ancientorigins · 20 days

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The Ain Dara Temple, an Iron Age wonder located in northwest Aleppo, Syria, held intriguing mysteries through its intricate carvings and architectural layout reminiscent of the biblical temple of Solomon, and included a set of giant footsteps leading through its gate. Sadly, it was almost completely destroyed in conflict in 2018.

As an emblem of the Syro-Hittite states' cultural continuity following the collapse of the Hittite Empire, this structure once stood as a testament to their enduring legacy. From its grand courtyard to the symbolic footprints, the temple's awe-inspiring dimensions and intricate design recorded the grandeur of ancient civilizations.

#Ain Dara #temple #Syria #footprint #Solomon Temple #lion #sphinx

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danskjavlarna · 25 days

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