the Bronze Age
noun
: a period of time that began between 4000 and 3000 B.C. in which people used bronze to make weapons and tools
The artifact dates to the Bronze Age.
a Bronze Age weapon/tool
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In their new paper, the researchers reported evidence for human occupation of the lava tube between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age—in other words, humans made use of the tube for millennia.
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Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
Located in the village of Grove, some 60 miles west of London, the area had been occupied since the Bronze Age, according to a statement from the Red River Archaeology Group (RRAG), which organized the dig.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
Sugar-munching, acid producing bacteria Both of the teeth belonged to the same male individual who lived in present day Ireland during the Bronze Age.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2024
The two molars sampled, dating between 2280 and 2140 BC, were both from the same person who lived during the Bronze Age, according to the paper published Wednesday in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
As the Stone Age collapsed into the Bronze Age, the moon would become useful for much more than anticipating the seasons.
—Rebecca Boyle, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2024
Falconry is believed to have begun in Central Asia and the Iranian Plateau in the Bronze Age, when people learned to harness raptors’ natural instincts to hunt small game.
—Michael Charboneau, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
The Lusatian culture encompassed parts of modern-day Poland, Germany and Slovakia during the Bronze Age, according to a 2021 study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
One night over dinner in 2022, the couple discussed — as scientists in love do — a new genetic study that linked modern herpes variants to mouth-to-mouth kissing in the Bronze Age, roughly 3300 B.C. to 1200 B.C.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
Located in the village of Grove, some 60 miles west of London, the area had been occupied since the Bronze Age, according to a statement from the Red River Archaeology Group (RRAG), which organized the dig.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
Sugar-munching, acid producing bacteria Both of the teeth belonged to the same male individual who lived in present day Ireland during the Bronze Age.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2024
The two molars sampled, dating between 2280 and 2140 BC, were both from the same person who lived during the Bronze Age, according to the paper published Wednesday in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024
As the Stone Age collapsed into the Bronze Age, the moon would become useful for much more than anticipating the seasons.
—Rebecca Boyle, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2024
Falconry is believed to have begun in Central Asia and the Iranian Plateau in the Bronze Age, when people learned to harness raptors’ natural instincts to hunt small game.
—Michael Charboneau, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2024
The Lusatian culture encompassed parts of modern-day Poland, Germany and Slovakia during the Bronze Age, according to a 2021 study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
One night over dinner in 2022, the couple discussed — as scientists in love do — a new genetic study that linked modern herpes variants to mouth-to-mouth kissing in the Bronze Age, roughly 3300 B.C. to 1200 B.C.
—Franz Lidz, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
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