Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...
A preference for pairings between male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens may answer the question of why there are "Neanderthal deserts" in human chromosomes.
“The results demonstrate that Homo sapiens during the late [Middle Stone Age] mastered precise, pre-planned patterns anchored in specific geometric affordances: orthogonality [meaning the use of right ...
Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...
New analysis of Neanderthal bones from Belgium indicates targeted cannibalism of outsiders that may signal territorial conflict before their regional disappearance.
Until now it was thought that writing developed in Mesopotamia around 3,000 BCE, followed by hieroglyphics in Egypt and later ...
At several archaeological sites in southern Africa, hundreds of highly unusual fragments of ostrich eggs have been found.
New discoveries of Stone Age symbols in Germany could push back the history of writing by over 30,000 years, potentially ...
Research shows Ice Age humans used structured signs 40,000 years ago as a communication system, revealing deep prehistoric ...
CENIEH is part of the international team publishing in Nature Ecology & Evolution a comprehensive review of two million years of fossil and ...
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Study finds that the inability of Neanderthals to engage in mass hunting may have contributed significantly to their extinction
The ability to successfully engage in mass hunts may be what allowed ancient Homo Sapiens to thrive.
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