Atlatl use equalizes female and male projectile weapon velocity and thus the division of labor while hunting
Scientists zero in on timing, causes of Ice Age mammal extinctions in Southern California: a new study published in Science
Shattering the myth of men as hunters and women as gatherers: data from foraging societies show that women often hunt large game skillfully
In Moravia, ravens were attracted to humans’ food more than 30,000 years ago, according to a new study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution
Researchers have discovered the earliest-known evidence of freshwater fishing by ancient people of the Americas in Interior Alaska
The first prehistoric wind instruments (known as flutes) in the Levant have been found at the site of Eynan-Mallaha in northern Israel
Oldest architectural plans detail desert kites, prehistoric mega structures; the study has been published in PLoS ONE
Neanderthals hunted elephants: Earliest evidence found of humans killing elephants for food; the study is published in Science Advances
In the Neanderthal site of Combe-Grenal, France, hunting strategies were unaffected by changing climate; the study is published in PLOS ONE
Humans have been using bear skins for at least 300,000 years, according to traces on bones from the site of Schöningen in Lower Saxony