Our Homo sapiens ancestors were already living in the north of present-day China around 45,000 years ago, 5,000 years earlier than thought
The strengthening of the summer monsoon played a key role in the dispersion of Homo sapiens from Africa to East Asia during the interglacial between 70,000 and 125,000 years ago
Paleolithic humans may have understood the properties of rocks for making stone tools, as they preferred middle-grained flint over fine-grained flint
In search of the last Neanderthals: The Universities of Bologna, Siena, and Haifa will conduct a new ERC-funded project with 13 million euros
For the first time, a new study by an international research team shows Neanderthals hunted cave lions and used the pelt of this dangerous carnivore
Pollen analysis suggests peopling of Siberia and Europe by modern humans occurred during a major Pleistocene warming spell
The need to hunt small prey compelled prehistoric humans to produce appropriate hunting weapons and improve their cognitive abilities
Early ancestral bottleneck in the early to middle Pleistocene could’ve spelled the end for humans, a study published on Science
Humans’ evolutionary relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years ago in today’s Kenya, according to a new study in Scientific Reports
Neanderthal engravings at La Roche-Cotard are oldest known, at least for Europe, being dated at over 57,000 years old