Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University crafted replica stone age tools and used them for a range of tasks to see how different activities create traces on the edge
‘Woman the hunter’: studies aim to correct history, the last one being published in the November issue of Scientific American
The oldest hunter-gatherer basketry in southern Europe, from the Cueva de los Murciélagos and dated to the Mesolithic period, identified
New households dating from the Mesolithic are being studied at the Arenal de la Virgen site in a dune system next to the Laguna de Villena
Ancient Siberian genomes reveal genetic backflow from North America across the Bering Sea, according to a new study published in Current Biology
Archaeologist Sturt Manning (Cornell University) narrows on date of Thera eruption; the study has been published in PLoS ONE
Defining the Anthropocene – Radioactive traces in ocean materials mark the start of the modern age; a new study has been published on Scientific Reports
Cueva de Ardales, a famous rock art cave in Spain, was used by ancient humans for over 50,000 years; the study was published on PLoS ONE
Marine mollusc shells reveal how prehistoric humans adapted to intense climate change; the study has been published on Scientific Reports
Genomic study of the Tarim Basin mummies in western China reveals an indigenous Bronze Age population that was genetically isolated but culturally cosmopolitan