Oldest DNA from domesticated American horse lends credence to shipwreck folklore; the study has been published on PLoS One
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
The Middle Pleistocene population of Europe could have reached 25,000 individuals; a new study has been published on Scientific Reports
Tools at Aranbaltza offer clues to Neanderthal extinction in the Iberian Peninsula, even before Homo sapiens arrived
Origin of domestic horses finally established. Horses were first domesticated in the Pontic-Caspian steppes, northern Caucasus, before conquering the rest of Eurasia
Homo sapiens “Linya” lived in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula 14,000 years ago, at cave known as Cova Gran (Avellanes-Santa Linya, Noguera)
The rich archaeo-paleontological record of El Provencio exhibits stone tools worked in flint and quartzite catalogued as Modes 1, 2 and 3 (Oldowan, Acheulean and Mousterian), as well as bone remains from species characteristic of the Pleistocene
A new study presents a synthesis of human occupation in the Iberian Peninsula Atlantic margin during the Early and Middle Paleolithic, and highlights the African affinities of Acheulean industry in southwestern Europe
Reconstructing how the landscape in this zone evolved is key to understanding how the Neanderthals occupied the Pre-Pyrenees territory
The recent results of the excavation of Figueira Brava (Portugal) now confirm that Neanderthals habitually used marine resources