Evidence from Bilzingsleben, in eastern Germany shows that early humans hunted beavers, 400,000 years ago, and had a varied diet than previously known
Early whaling, before the 19th century, was enough for at least two species to disappear completely from European waters
Neanderthals hunted elephants: Earliest evidence found of humans killing elephants for food; the study is published in Science Advances
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
Archaeological excavations in Romania reveal a possible ‘projectile workshop’ of early Homo sapiens, which may have changed their subsistence strategies compared to Neanderthals
