In North Africa, the Middle Stone Age (MSA) has been associated with the emergence and evolution of Homo sapiens and is considered a pivotal period in the development of behavioral complexity. Recent ...

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Early Stone Age (ESA) archaeological complexes pose significant challenges for traceological analysis due to the preservation conditions of their cont…

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…

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In recent years, archaeological research has demonstrated the presence of abstract non-utilitarian behaviour amongst palaeolithic hominins, fuelling discussions concerning the origin and implications ...

The ancient peoples of the Philippines and of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) may have built sophisticated boats and mastered seafaring tens of thousands of years ago—millennia before Magellan, Zheng He,...

The tiny cuts and grooves that decorate some ancient human artifacts are not just pretty accidents, according to some archaeologists.

A new study demonstrates that certain incised stone artifacts from the Levantine Middle Paleolithic, specifically from Manot, Qafzeh, and Quneitra caves, were deliberately engraved with geometric patt...

Introducing the fall 2024 Leakey Foundation Research Grant recipients. Twenty-seven scholars will receive funding to advance knowledge of human origins, evolution, behavior, and survival.

The evolution of human behaviour is marked by key decision-making processes reflected in technological variability in the early archaeological record. As part of the technological system, differences ...