‘Earliest evidence’ of elephant butchery at Olduvai Gorge shared in new study
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Elephants are widely adored by many people today — but…
‘Earliest evidence’ of elephant butchery at Olduvai Gorge shared in new study
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Elephants are widely adored by many people today — but…
The “Hobbits” Mysteriously Disappeared 50,000 Years Ago – Scientists Have Revealed What Happened to Their Home
Homo floresiensis skull. Credit: Shutterstock A long drought on Flores may have helped drive Homo floresiensis and its…
What Happened to Australasia’s Lost Crocodiles? New Research Reveals a Dramatic Extinction Story
Australia’s crocodiles are the last survivors of a far more diverse group of ancient crocodylians that once dominated…
Scientists Finally Solve a 100-Year Mystery About France’s Famous Ice Age Cave Paintings
Cave paintings at Font-de-Gaume, Dordogne. Credit: Centre des monuments nationaux/Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de…
Neanderthals used rhino teeth as hammers to sculpt stone tools
A new study has revealed another remarkable aspect of Neanderthal behavior: they not only consumed the animals they…
DNA From a 5,000-year-old Tomb Reveals the Plague Might Have Wiped out Europe’s First Farmers
Neolithic grave known as the Bois Couturier, similar and geographically close to the Bury grave. Credit: P. Poschadel…
Why did the Neanderthals disappear?
Modelling ancient patterns In ecology, species distribution models predict where a species could live based on where it…
Neanderthals hunted turtles for their shells to use as tools, new study finds
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Cavemen hunted turtles — but not for food, new research…
9,000-Year-Old Structures Deep Beneath the Great Lakes Reveal Archaeological Evidence of an Ancient “Lost World”
It began with a curious discovery: a series of unusual structures located more than 100 feet below the…
A Hundred Thousand Years Ago, Humans and Neanderthals Built a Shared Culture in This Cave
Artistic depiction of an ancient Neanderthal around a campfire. Humans and Neanderthals not only coexisted and interbred, but…
Neanderthals May Have Used the World’s First Antibiotic 50,000 Years Ago
Creating birch tar using Neanderthal methods. Image credits: University of Cologne. If you were a Neanderthal hunter 50,000…