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...

Neanderthals and the Prehistoric Art of Bone Fat Rendering

Neanderthals intensively processed a minimum of 172 large mammals for grease and marrow fat, 125,000 years ago.

Recent discoveries have shown that Homo sapiens has a Pan-African origin, and North Africa has been an important region for the development and expans…

The world’s oldest complete wooden hunting weapons from Schöningen, Germany, are 100,000 years younger than previously claimed.

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A Homo aff. erectus individual dated to 1.4 million to 1.1 million years ago found at Sima del Elefante (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain) does not display the modern-human-like aspect of Homo antecessor found at the neighbouring Gran Dolina site (900,000–800,000 years ago).

An international study reveals how early humans, as far back as 1.5 million years ago, deliberately selected specific stones for their tools in the Ethiopian Highlands. The findings, published in the ...