{"id":171399,"date":"2023-09-06T02:30:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T07:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/the-limestone-spheroids-of-ubeidiya-intentional-imposition-of-symmetric-geometry-by-early-hominins"},"modified":"2023-09-06T02:30:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T07:30:01","slug":"the-limestone-spheroids-of-ubeidiya-intentional-imposition-of-symmetric-geometry-by-early-hominins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/the-limestone-spheroids-of-ubeidiya-intentional-imposition-of-symmetric-geometry-by-early-hominins","title":{"rendered":"The limestone spheroids of \u2018Ubeidiya: Intentional imposition of symmetric geometry by early hominins?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/the-limestone-spheroids-of-ubeidiya-intentional-imposition-of-symmetric-geometry-by-early-hominins2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Limestone spheroids, enigmatic lithic artifacts from the ancient past, have perplexed archaeologists for years. While they span from the Oldowan to the Middle Paleolithic, the purpose behind their creation remains a subject of intense debate.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a study conducted by a team from the Computational Archaeology Laboratory of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in collaboration with researchers from Tel Hai College and Rovira i Virgili University seeks to shed light on these mysterious objects, offering insights into the intentions and skills of early hominins.<\/p>\n<p>Spheroids are among the most enduring yet least understood <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/archaeological+artifacts\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">archaeological artifacts<\/a>, often considered as by-products of percussive tasks. However, the team\u2019s research challenges this conventional wisdom. The central question at the heart of this study is whether these spheroids were unintentional by-products or intentionally crafted tools designed for specific purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Limestone spheroids, enigmatic lithic artifacts from the ancient past, have perplexed archaeologists for years. While they span from the Oldowan to the Middle Paleolithic, the purpose behind their creation remains a subject of intense debate. Now, a study conducted by a team from the Computational Archaeology Laboratory of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in collaboration [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}