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
Ancient engravings shed light on early human symbolic thought and complexity in the Levantine Middle Palaeolithic
Did Neanderthals use glue? Analysis of 40,000-year old tools reveals surprisingly sophisticated construction
The limestone spheroids of ‘Ubeidiya: were they an intentional imposition of symmetric geometry by early hominins?
In the Neanderthal site of Combe-Grenal, France, hunting strategies were unaffected by changing climate; the study is published in 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