June 1, 2022 https://gruncleodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Kostenki_I_Venus-170x190.jpg

Kind of like the governor of Virginia. Transliteration is challenging. It’s often tricky and misleading and the geographical focus of today’s post presents just this sort of problem. In the previous post, I identified the place as Kostenki which is …

May 31, 2022 https://gruncleodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Dmanisi-skull-Top-10GeorgiaNatlMuseum-190x143.jpg

A never ending story of perpetual surprise. Providing you, dear reader, even the limited detail these entries contain always requires research usually guided by a sense of knowing the questions I want answered. The joy of the journey, however, arises …

May 30, 2022 https://gruncleodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/EarthLayersUSGS-190x117.gif

It’s not a Monopoly property, it’s a paleocontinent. If you’ve managed to slog through my posts on geology, or more specifically paleogeology, the names of some ancient supercontinents should be at least passingly familiar. Pangaea, Gondwana, Rodinia, or Laurentia should …