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Published Archaeologists discover world's oldest wooden structure



Half a million years ago, earlier than was previously thought possible, humans were building structu...
Published Thailand's Iron Age Log Coffin culture



A mortuary practice known as Log Coffin culture characterizes the Iron Age of highland Pang Mapha in...
Published Challenging prehistoric gender roles: Research finds that women were hunters, too



Anthropologists challenge the traditional view of men as hunters and women as gatherers in prehistor...
Published Paleolithic humans may have understood the properties of rocks for making stone tools



Research suggests that Paleolithic humans in the Middle East selected flint for their cutting tools...
Published Origins of cumulative culture in human evolution



Cumulative culture -- the accumulation of technological modifications and improvements over generati...
Published First case of Down syndrome in Neanderthals documented in new study



A new study documents the first case of Down syndrome in Neanderthals and reveals that they were cap...
Published New research challenges hunter-gatherer narrative



Analysis of the remains of 24 individuals from the Wilamaya Patjxa and Soro Mik'aya Patjxa burial si...
Published Excavation reveals 'major' ancient migration to Timor Island



The discovery of thousands of stone artefacts and animal bones in a deep cave in Timor Island has le...
Published Early primates likely lived in pairs



Primate social organization is more flexible than previously assumed. According to a new study, the...
Published 'A history of contact': Geneticists are rewriting the narrative of Neanderthals and other ancient humans



Using genomes from 2,000 living humans as well as three Neanderthals and one Denisovan, an internati...
Published Evidence for butchery of giant armadillo-like mammals in Argentina 21,000 years ago



Cut marks on fossils could be evidence of humans exploiting large mammals in Argentina more than 20,...
Published Archaeologists uncover oldest known projectile points in the Americas - Archaeologists Uncover Oldest Known Projectile Points in the Americas


Archaeologists have uncovered projectile points in Idaho that are thousands of years older than any...
Published Key phases of human evolution coincide with flickers in eastern Africa's climate - Key Phases of Human Evolution Coincide with Flickers in Eastern Africa's Climate


Interdisciplinary research in southern Ethiopia enabled the deciphering of eastern Africa's climatic...
Published UK's oldest human DNA obtained, revealing two distinct Palaeolithic populations - UK's Oldest Human DNA Obtained, Revealing Two Distinct Palaeolithic Populations


The first genetic data from Palaeolithic human individuals in the UK -- the oldest human DNA obtaine...
Published Ancient stone tools from China provide earliest evidence of rice harvesting - Ancient Stone Tools from China Provide Earliest Evidence of Rice Harvesting


A new study analyzing stone tools from southern China provides the earliest evidence of rice harvest...
Published Did neanderthals use glue? Researchers find evidence that sticks



Neanderthals created stone tools held together by a multi-component adhesive, a team of scientists h...
Published Pollen analysis suggests peopling of Siberia and Europe by modern humans occurred during a major Pleistocene warming spell



A new study appearing in Science Advances compares Pleistocene vegetation communities around Lake Ba...
Published Scientists ID burned bodies using technique used for extracting DNA from woolly mammoths, Neanderthals



A technique originally devised to extract DNA from woolly mammoths and other ancient archaeological...
Published Neanderthals and humans lived side by side in Northern Europe 45,000 years ago



Archaeologists have debated whether Neanderthals or modern humans made stone tools that are found at...
Published Ancient dingo DNA shows modern dingoes share little ancestry with modern dog breeds



A study of ancient dingo DNA revealed that the distribution of modern dingoes across Australia, incl...