“Boomerang” made from mammoth tusk is likely one of the oldest known in Europe at around 40,000 years old, per analysis of this artifact from Obłazowa Cave, a Polish Upper Paleolithic cave
Dating of Schöningen spears revised to 200,000 years; world’s oldest complete wooden hunting weapons are 100,000 years younger than previously claimed
First burials: Neanderthal and Homo sapiens interactions in the Mid-Middle Palaeolithic Levant discovered at Tinshemet Cave
Evidence of cannibalism 18,000 years ago, from Maszycka Cave; the study has been published in Scientific Reports
Medieval walrus ivory points to early interactions between Vikings and Indigenous North Americans in the Arctic Ocean
To hunt in the Ice Age, people used planted pikes with Clovis points, not throwing spears, roughly 13,000 years ago
Rock art and archaeological record from Cerro Azul reveal man’s complex relationship with Amazonian animals, according to a new study published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
Cook like a Neanderthal: Scientists try to replicate ancient butchering methods to learn how Neanderthals ate birds
400,000-year-old stone tools designed specifically for butchering fallow deer, following the disappearance of elephants
Multiple temporary campsites reveal that ancient people hunted gomphotheres, extinct elephants, at Tagua Tagua Lake in Chile, 12,000 years ago
