This ancient civilization literally used their heads to move massive logs for miles

Wednesday, June 7, 2023 - 10:23 in Paleontology & Archaeology

It's never easy to move such massive logs—but some ancient people used their heads. Deposit Photos What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s hit podcast. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week hits Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and everywhere else you listen to podcasts every-other Wednesday morning. It’s your new favorite source for the strangest science-adjacent facts, figures, and Wikipedia spirals the editors of Popular Science can muster. If you like the stories in this post, we guarantee you’ll love the show. FACT: Pueblo peoples might have moved huge logs for over 60 miles by strapping them to their heads By Sandra Gutierrez G.  Researchers always seem to be wondering how ancient civilizations moved big stuff around, but they rarely get the opportunity to try their...

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