A complex structure for the production of tar, created by Neanderthals, has been discovered at the Vanguard Cave, in Gibraltar; the study in Quaternary Science Reviews
Finnish prehistoric rock paintings (5000–1500 BCE) on the cliffs rising directly from the lakes are acoustically special environments
The Neanderthals at Prado Vargas, in the Ojo Guareña Karst Complex, were the first fossil collectors, as they picked Cretaceous marine fossils 46,000 years ago
12,000-year old stones from the Nahal-Ein Gev II dig site in northern Israel may be spindle whorls, a very early evidence of wheel-like technology
15,800-year-old engraved plaquettes from the Magdalenian site of Gönnersdorf, located in modern-day Germany, depict fishing techniques, including the use of nets, not previously known in the Upper Paleolithic
The origin of writing in Mesopotamia is tied to designs engraved on ancient cylinder seals; the study has been published in Antiquity
Soii Havzak, a multi-layered archaeological site in the Zeravshan Valley, central Tajikistan, shedding rare light on early human settlement in the region
Rare 4,000-Year-Old Copper Dagger discovered at the Tina Jama cave, located in the Sgonico municipality of the Trieste Karst
Fossils and fires: insights into early modern human activity in the jungles of Southeast Asia, from the Tam Pà Ling cave Studying microscopic…
Coastal and underwater cave sites in southern Sicily contain important new clues about the path and fate of early human migrants to the island
