A 600,000-year-old bone from Notarchirico, Italy, provides the earliest evidence of cave lions in southern Europe
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 ancestral bottleneck in the early to middle Pleistocene could’ve spelled the end for humans, a study published on Science
Research reveals longstanding cultural continuity at Bargny, the oldest occupied site in West Africa, with Middle Stone Age toolkits persisting until around 10 thousand years ago
Footprints indicate the presence of man in Southern Spain in the Middle Pleistocene, 200,000 years earlier than previously thought
European Middle Pleistocene populations had similar dental traits, suggesting that the settlement of Europe was the product of intermittent dispersals into Europe from a “mother” population
Central Asia identified as a key region for human ancestors: it was a key route for some of the earliest hominin migrations
Denisovans, a sister species of modern human, inhabited Laos by 164-131,000 years with important implications for populations out of Africa and Australia
The Middle Pleistocene population of Europe could have reached 25,000 individuals; a new study has been published on Scientific Reports
A new study strengthens the hypothesis that the settlement of Europe could have been the result of several waves of migration at different times by a common source population
