The oldest hunter-gatherer basketry in southern Europe, from the Cueva de los Murciélagos and dated to the Mesolithic period, identified
The earliest Europeans were efficient scavengers: scavenging could have been a successful strategy for the first hominins in the Iberian Peninsula
Studying prehistoric production processes of birch bark tar using computational modelling reveals what kinds of cognition were required for the materials produced by Neanderthal and early modern humans
Pollen analysis suggests peopling of Siberia and Europe by modern humans occurred during a major Pleistocene warming spell
A well-preserved wooden structure at the archaeological site of Kalambo Falls, Zambia, dating back at least 476,000 years, is world’s oldest
Human remains at the Cueva de los Marmoles were subsequently manipulated and utilized, adding to a pattern in the Iberian Peninsula
Long-term history of violence in hunter-gatherer societies uncovered in the Atacama Desert: 10,000 years of violent conflict revealed by skeletons, weaponry, and rock art
Stone age artists carved detailed human and animal tracks in rock art from the Doro !Nawas Mountains in central Western Namibia; the study is published on PLoS ONE
Archaelogists revael the largest palaeolithic cave art site at Cova (or Cueva) Dones, in Eastern Iberia; the study is published on Antiquity
The need to hunt small prey compelled prehistoric humans to produce appropriate hunting weapons and improve their cognitive abilities