New perspectives on how climatic and environmental changes influenced the evolution of mammals and hominins over the last six million years.
New geological datings place the first European hominids at Orce, in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, 1.3 million years ago
Archaeologists report earliest evidence for plant farming in east Africa, from Kakapel; a trove of ancient plant remains excavated in Kenya
Extensive social and cultural networks between different hunter-gatherers in the Congo Basin (Central Africa) existed long before agriculture arrived in the region
The first lithic study of level VI-B at the Mumba site in Tanzania, a settlement by groups of Homo sapiens present in the Lake Eyasi region between 109,000 and 131,000 years ago
The Egyptian pyramids between Giza and Lisht may originally have been built along a 64-km-long branch of the river Nile, the Ahramat branch
More plants on the menu of ancient hunter-gatherers: isotopic evidence reveals surprising dietary practices of pre-agricultural human groups at Taforalt, in Morocco
Chickens were widely raised across southern Central Asia from 400 BCE through medieval periods and likely dispersed along the ancient Silk Road
The reason for the proximity between Paleolithic extensive stone quarries and water sources: Elephant hunting by early humans
University of Tübingen-led international research team investigates how our ancestors used the best material to make stone tools