Human traces in semi-arid environments such as the Kalahari have been linked to the presence of water in the landscape. However, low organic preservation and an uneven distribution of studied sites ha...

The role of know-how copying in and beyond social tinkering - Volume 49

The evolution of language is closely linked to an increase in human sociality. But when is increased sociality an adaptive strategy? Swarm Robotics, which st...

A study of 15,000-year-old bones in Israel shows Natufian people regularly ate lizards and snakes before farming began.

Technological complexity has been a continuous trope in archaeological research from its beginnings in the nineteenth century. Based on a concept of unidirectional cultural evolution, archaeological m...

Lithic raw material sourcing is one of the most effective approaches for inferring exploitation territories during the Palaeolithic, including for Neanderthals. Certain raw materials, particularly che...

The Early Pleistocene fossils of the Koobi Fora Formation, northern Kenya, record two well-documented hominin genera, Homo and Paranthropus, preser...

Podcast · Let's Dig Deeper · Let's Dig Deeper is a podcast hosted by archaeology student Zeenat Haroon (@zee_archaeology on IG).Through thought-provoking interviews with researchers and experts, we wi...

This paper reconceptualizes fashion as a deep-time system of bodily communication rather than a byproduct of modern consumer societies. We define fashion as a socially transmitted system of bodily di....

We present evidence from Üçağızlı II Cave in the northern Levant, Türkiye, documenting the sequential occupation by Neanderthals (Homo neanderthale...

Homo floresiensis scavenged Stegodon and did not use fire, challenging previous claims of advanced behavior.

Join Société Jersiaise as part of the CBA Festival of Archaeology, taking place across Jersey from 18 July to 2 August 2026. Enjoy guided walks, expert talks, hands-on activities and exclusive behind-...

Our knowledge of the Early Upper Palaeolithic occupation in northern central Europe is very limited, and recent research at the open-air site of Friedrichsdorf-Seulberg in Hesse, Germany, provides im....

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Summer 2026 ACCE+ DLA REPS projects are now open for applications! Closing date for applications: Wednesday 17th June 2026 at 5.00pm (UK time). The NERC Research Experience Placement (REP) scheme a…

Transformative technologies that alter raw material properties, rather than just raw material shape and size, are key proxies for the evolution of hum…

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences - Besor 37 is an open-air site in the northwestern Negev Desert (Israel). Excavations at the site in 2020 uncovered a rich, in situ Middle Paleolithic...

The Middle Palaeolithic of the Central Levant remains a topic of ongoing debates concerning cultural variability, technological traditions, and homini…