Study suggests humans and Neanderthals coexisted in same caves | Features
The research team performing excavations at the cave site in 2024. Early modern humans and Neanderthals may have…
Fossils from Chinese Cave Fill Crucial Gap in History of Gigantopithecus blacki
Deep inside a limestone cave in southern China, paleontologists have uncovered an assemblage of thirteen fossilized teeth belonging…
146,000-year-old Ice Age humans used advanced stone tools for butchery and survival
A new study from central China is changing how scientists think about creativity and survival among ancient humans.…
Tasmanian tiger footprints show the carnivorous marsupial once roamed South Australian coast
New evidence has emerged that Tasmanian tigers once roamed South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula. Thylacines (Thylacinus cynocephalus) were marsupial…
Neanderthals May Have Used Birch Tar as Natural Antibiotic
New experiments show that tar made from birch bark — long known as a tool adhesive — can…
Japanese Archipelago Was Once a Refuge for Cave Lions
Between 73,000 and 20,000 years ago (Late Pleistocene), the Japanese Archipelago was inhabited by cave lions (Panthera spelaea),…
Ancient hominin Paranthropus boisei had human-like grip and may have used tools, fossil study reveals
A recently analyzed set of 1.5-million-year-old Kenyan fossils has provided the most complete view yet of the anatomy…
Million-year-old skull could change human evolution timeline | News
A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years…
Mastodons were Far More Genetically Diverse than Previously Known, Ancient DNA Shows
Ancient DNA has been useful in reconciling deep evolutionary relationships and responses to ecological changes in elephants and…
Million-year-old tools found on island puzzle archaeologists | Features
(Photo by Nothing Ahead via Pexels) By Talker By Stephen Beech The earliest evidence of man’s ancestors on…