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We are talking about two things today, one from thousands of years ago and the other millions of years. First we talk about ancient carvings made by Neanderthals, and then about the age of the oldest stars in the Universe.
Studies: Leder, D., Hermann, R., Hüls, M. et al. A 51,000-year-old engraved bone reveals Neanderthals’ capacity for symbolic behaviour. Nat Ecol Evol (2021) and N Laporte, R A Meyer, R S Ellis, B E Robertson, J Chisholm, G W Roberts-Borsani, Probing cosmic dawn: Ages and star formation histories of candidate z ≥ 9 galaxies, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 505, Issue 3, August 2021, Pages 3336–3346
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Saima Baig
I am a Chartered Environmentalist from the Royal Society for the Environment, UK and co-owner of DoLocal Digital Marketing Agency Ltd, with a Master of Environmental Management from Yale University, an MBA in Finance, and a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Mathematics. I am passionate about science, history and environment and love to create content on these topics.
