It sounds a little like Stone Age standup: A Denisovan and a human walk past a bees’ nest heavy with honeycomb. What happens next? Study offers new insight on what ancient noses smelled
A study, an analysis of the large herbivore skulls found at Cueva Des-Cubierta, confirms that the Neanderthals possessed symbolic capacity
Neanderthals are not the only species whose dentition is characterized by the possession of thin enamel: it was previously found in Homo Antecessor
Climate change may have impacted the rise and fall of Middle Eastern civilisations, according to an international study
In the Neanderthal site of Combe-Grenal, France, hunting strategies were unaffected by changing climate; the study is published in PLOS ONE
Ancient Siberian genomes reveal genetic backflow from North America across the Bering Sea, according to a new study published in Current Biology
A new study, published in Science Advances, reveals average age at conception for men versus women over past 250,000 years
A new study, published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal, reveals evidence of early Ice Age writing and what it meant
In a trio of papers, published simultaneously in the journal Science, a massive effort of genome-wide sequencing shows the lively genetic history of the Southern Arc region
Humans have been using bear skins for at least 300,000 years, according to traces on bones from the site of Schöningen in Lower Saxony