Did humans evolve to be active throughout the day and night

 

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Joel Kontinen

Evidence from hunter-gatherers suggests humans aren't diurnal but cathemeral throughout the day and night? with bouts of activity at nighttime – a sleep pattern similar to some lemurs.

Did early men also work  during the night? According to evolution, we have a shared ancestor, but humans are very different from lemurs.

Humans are generally considered diurnal, or mainly active during the day, but this may not be strictly accurate. Data from hunter-gatherers suggests they are fairly active at night, and don’t simply rest and sleep after the sun goes down.

This finding means that the human sleep pattern is closer to that of some lemur species, says David Samson at the University of T oronto in Canada, author of The Sleepless Ape. Instead of being primarily active in the day and restful at night, humans may be “cathemeral”, meaning they spread their activities throughout each 24-hour period. “The key point is that day and night activity are both regular parts of the behavioural repertoire,” says Samson.

 Source

 Michael Marsh 2026 Did humans evolve to be active throughout the day and night? | New Scientist 18 August 

Early men knew geology and physics

 

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Joel Kontinen

Neolithic engineers used scientific knowledge to build huge megalith.

A monument in southern Spain that dates to between 3600 and 3800 BC appears to have been built with an understanding of geology and physics

Evolutionists paint some people as almost sub humans, who learnt the hard way to build cities almost by accident.

However science tells different story.  As Genesis tells us, early man knew who to build musical instruments and cities.

Now, it seems that early men could have some understanding with geology and physics.

”Neolithic people seem to have understood sophisticated concepts in science, such as physics and geology, using this knowledge to construct a megalithic monument in southern Spain.

Called the Menga dolmen, it is among the earliest European megaliths, dating to between 3600 and 3800 BC. Its roofed enclosure was constructed from 32 large stones, some of which are the biggest used in such structures. The heaviest one weighs in excess of 130 tonnes, more than three times as much as the heaviest stone at Stonehenge in the UK, which was erected more than 1000 years later.

“[In the Neolithic Period], it must have been very powerful to experience this building made with these enormous stones,” says Leonardo García Sanjuán at the University of Seville in Spain. “It still stirs you. It still causes an impression even today.”

García Sanjuán and his colleagues have now performed detailed geological and archaeological analyses of the stones to infer what knowledge Menga’s builders would have needed to construct the monument, which is in the city of Antequera.”

Source:

Tom Leslie 2024 Neolithic engineers used scientific knowledge to build huge megalith | New Scientist 23 August.

Archaeologists Find Old City Near Tel Aviv

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Joel Kontinen

Israeli Archaeologists have discovered a lost city north of Tel Aviv, This large with approximately 6,000 inhabitants city is from 5,000 years back.

It’s been called the "early Bronze Age New York.” It confirms the Geneses account of creation, where men lived in “tents and raised livestock. His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes. Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of[g] bronze and iron”, as Genesis 4: 20 – 22 (NIV) tells us.

“The city's intricate design of residential and public areas, streets and alleys points to the organized society.”


Source:

Saplakoglu, Yasemin. 2019. Ancient Megalopolis Uncovered in Israel Was the 'New York City' of Its Time Period. Live Science (7 October).

Birdman Decorated With 30 – 50 Bird Beaks and Skulls – Died in Siberia

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Joel Kontinen

Evolutionists think that humans have come from humble beginnings to reach top society. However, science shows that even in the beginning, humans had the will to decorate themselves.

Recently, an iceman was found in Siberia:

"Archaeologists have unearthed a Bronze Age skeleton that was buried with an unusual garment: a collar or headdress made of dozens of bird beaks and skulls.

The so-called birdman's remains, which date to about 5,000 years ago, were discovered at the Ust-Tartas dig site in Siberia's Novosibirsk region, The Siberian Times reported.

The 30 to 50 bird skulls and long beaks were arranged underneath the human skull, "laid as if they meant to cover the neck like a collar," Lidia Kobeleva, a researcher with the Novosibirsk Institute of Archeology and Ethnography in Siberia, told The Times in a video."

The iceman had company. a grave found nearby, with two children and an adult male.

Even the Neanderthals wanted to decorate themselves, and
other primitive societies were not so primitive at all. And also Stonehenge tells us that early man was cleverer than we thought.

Source:

Weisberger, Mindy. 2019. Bronze Age Siberian 'Birdman' Wore a Collar of Beaks and Skulls. Live Science (3 June).