Abstract. Cultural repertoires can influence access to resources and fitness across species, impacting individuals' environmental niches and social network

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Archaeologists uncover 12,000-year-old sewn hides, bone needles and artifacts in Oregon caves, revealing Ice Age clothing and culture.

A hand stencil painted on a cave wall on a small island off the coast of Sulawesi more than 67,800 years ago suggests a very early occupation of Wallacea.

On World Rabies Day – which is also the anniversary of French microbiologist Louis Pasteur’s death – a virologist reflects on the achievements of this visionary scientist.

Backed segments in quartz from the Howiesons Poort industry of Southern Africa (65–60 ka) have been interpreted as tips of arrows. Nevertheless, sever…

A Neanderthal trackway discovered in Portugal shows how an adult male and two children hunted for food 78,000 years ago.

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Everybody loves the complaint tablet to Ea-Nasir – the question is, what will you read next, after you’ve finished the original series?

Here’s a puzzle: how could evolution favour such a costly, frivolous and fun activity as animal play?

ZooMS (Zooarchaeoology by Mass Spectrometry) is a biomolecular technique for determining the taxon of origin for archaeological bone and osseous tool …

Loggerhead sea turtles, which undergo long-distance migrations, can learn magnetic signatures associated with different geographic areas and have two different magnetic senses, each based on a different underlying mechanism.