Michael Haslam
@twigtechnology.bsky.social
Australian archaeologist, PhD, obsessed with tool-using animals. Steward at Skara Brae, Orkney | http://twig.technology | writing Intelligence Hallucinated with @abigaildesmond.bsky.social for Harvard Uni Press (2027)
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You can watch the ant-dipping sequence here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=h7tP... 🧪🦧 🐜
Lonely Gigantopithecus | Prehistoic Planet: Ice Age | OFFICIAL CLIP
YouTube video by EDGE Science
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November 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
You can watch the ant-dipping sequence here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=h7tP... 🧪🦧 🐜
Normal salt damages the soil and grass on the site, and can dissolve and then re-crystallise within the sandstone with which the Neolithic village is built. Over time that will weaken and break down the stones.
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Normal salt damages the soil and grass on the site, and can dissolve and then re-crystallise within the sandstone with which the Neolithic village is built. Over time that will weaken and break down the stones.
(I filmed this near Deerness in October 2023)
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
(I filmed this near Deerness in October 2023)
FYI here’s the figurine, and an artistic reconstruction
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
FYI here’s the figurine, and an artistic reconstruction
I can say that as a newcomer to Orkney in the fairly recent past the local people have been nothing but welcoming and supportive!
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I can say that as a newcomer to Orkney in the fairly recent past the local people have been nothing but welcoming and supportive!