A new radiocarbon reassessment has established that the so-called Lapedo child from central Portugal was buried approximately ...

a neanderthal skull on a black background with fire and smoke from a lava flow to the right Deep beneath Earth's surface, the Campi Flegrei "supervolcano" near the city of Naples might be slowly ...

Long before agriculture, humans were transforming Europe’s wild landscapes. Advanced simulations show that hunting and fire use by Neanderthals and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers reshaped forests and ...

A new investigation of ancient horned animal skulls found in Spain's Des-Cubierta Cave deepens the mystery of when and why ...

Some Neanderthals really enjoyed their surf and turf rather than mammoth steaks, according to a new study. The recent excavation of a cave site along Portugal's coast revealed a wealth of fossilized ...

Researchers at the site in Ranis, Germany, had to get around a massive rock to find the human-made tools. Researchers at the site in Ranis, Germany, had to get around a massive rock to find the ...

New studies provide the first genetic evidence that humans interbred with Neanderthals in Europe. In 2002, archaeologists discovered the jawbone of a human who lived in Europe about 40,000 years ago.

There's more than one way to make a stone tool. That's according to a new analysis of artifacts from Lebanon and Italy, which determined that modern humans manufactured their tools in distinct ways in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — From the murky depths of Spanish caves comes a surprising insight: Neanderthals created art. That's been proposed before, but experts say two new studies finally give convincing ...

(CNN) — Stone tools unearthed in southwest China helped a mysterious group eke out a living in a cold and harsh environment 60,000 to 50,000 years ago. But whose hands shaped them? The answer could ...

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