Gulu la akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale ochokera ku Univesite ya Chester ndi Manchester lapeza zomwe zawunikiranso madera omwe amakhala ku Britain pambuyo pa kutha kwa Ice Age yomaliza.
Zofukula zofukulidwa ndi gulu ku malo ku North Yorkshire zapeza zotsalira zosungidwa bwino za kanyumba kakang'ono komwe kumakhala magulu a osaka osaka pafupifupi zaka zikwi khumi ndi theka zapitazo. Zina mwa zinthu zomwe gululo linapeza ndi mafupa a nyama zomwe anthu ankasaka, zida ndi zida zopangidwa kuchokera ku mafupa, nyanga ndi miyala, komanso matabwa.
Malo omwe ali pafupi ndi Scarborough poyambilira anali m'mphepete mwa chilumba cha nyanja yakale ndipo adachokera ku nthawi ya Mesolithic, kapena "Middle Stone Age". Kwa zaka zikwi zambiri nyanjayi inadzaza pang'onopang'ono ndi peat, zomwe pang'onopang'ono zinakwirira ndi kusunga malowa.
Dr. Nick Overton waku University of Manchester adati, “N’zosowa kwambiri kupeza zinthu zakale ngati zimenezi zili bwino chonchi. Mesolithic ku Britain inali isanakhazikitsidwe zoumba kapena zitsulo, kotero kupeza zotsalira za organic ngati fupa, nyanga ndi matabwa, zomwe nthawi zambiri sizisungidwa, n'kofunika kwambiri kutithandiza kumanganso miyoyo ya anthu."
Kusanthula zomwe zapezedwa ndikulola gululo kuti liphunzire zambiri ndikusintha zomwe zadziwika kale za madera am'mbuyomu akale. Mafupawa akusonyeza kuti anthu ankasaka nyama zosiyanasiyana m’madera osiyanasiyana ozungulira nyanjayi, kuphatikizapo nyama zazikulu zoyamwitsa monga mbawala zofiira, zoyamwitsa zing’onozing’ono monga mbewa komanso mbalame za m’madzi. Matupi a nyama zosaka anaphedwa ndipo mbali zina za nyamazo anaziika dala m’madambo a pachilumbachi.
Gululi linapezanso kuti zida zina zosaka nyama zopangidwa ndi mafupa ndi nyanga za nyama zinali zokongoletsedwa, ndipo zidazidula zisanaziike m'mphepete mwa chilumbachi. Izi, akukhulupirira, zikuwonetsa kuti anthu a Mesolithic anali ndi malamulo okhwima okhudza momwe mabwinja a nyama ndi zinthu zomwe adazipha adatayidwa.
Malinga ndi kunena kwa Dr. Amy Gray Jones wa ku yunivesite ya Chester: “Kaŵirikaŵiri anthu amaganiza za alenje osonkhanira mbiri yakale kukhala pafupi ndi njala, kuyendayenda m’malo ofunafuna chakudya kosatha, ndipo kuti kunali kokha ndi chiyambi chaulimi pamene anthu anakhala ndi moyo wokhazikika ndi wokhazikika.”
Koma pano tili ndi anthu okhala m'malo ambiri, amatenga nthawi yokongoletsa zinthu, ndikusamala momwe amatayira mabwinja a nyama ndi zinthu zakale. Awa si anthu amene ankavutika kuti apulumuke. Anali anthu odalirika m’kumvetsetsa kwawo malo ameneŵa, ndi makhalidwe ndi malo okhala nyama zosiyanasiyana zimene zinkakhala kumeneko.”
Gululi likuyembekeza kuti kafukufuku wamtsogolo pa tsamba lino ndi ena mderali apitiliza kuwunikira ubale wa anthu ndi chilengedwe. Kuwunika kwa ma depositi a peat kuzungulira malowa kukuwonetsa kale kuti malowa anali odabwitsa kwambiri, okhala ndi zomera ndi zinyama, ndipo pamene ntchito ikupitirira, gululi likuyembekeza kudziwa zomwe anthu adakhudzira chilengedwechi.
“Tikudziwa kuchokera ku kafukufuku yemwe wachitika m’malo ena ozungulira nyanjayi, kuti anthuwa amayendetsa dala ndi kusokoneza madera akutchire. Pamene tikugwira ntchito yowonjezereka pamalo ano, tikuyembekeza kusonyeza mwatsatanetsatane mmene anthu anali kusinthira chilengedwe cha chilengedwechi zaka masauzande ambiri asanayambe ulimi ku Britain,” akutero Dr. Barry Taylor.
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