Pollen analysis suggests peopling of Siberia and Europe by modern humans occurred during a major Pleistocene warming spell
The need to hunt small prey compelled prehistoric humans to produce appropriate hunting weapons and improve their cognitive abilities
Early ancestral bottleneck in the early to middle Pleistocene could’ve spelled the end for humans, a study published on Science
Giant stone artefacts, including a Late Acheulean ‘Giant’ handaxe, found on rare Ice Age site at Manor Farm now Maritime Academy, Frindsbury, Kent
Neanderthal engravings at La Roche-Cotard are oldest known, at least for Europe, being dated at over 57,000 years old
Stone tools tell a story of three waves of migration of the earliest Homo sapiens into Europe, according to a new study published in PLoS ONE
Bow-and-arrow, technology of the first modern humans in Europe 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France; the study is on Science Advances
Neanderthals are not the only species whose dentition is characterized by the possession of thin enamel: it was previously found in Homo Antecessor
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
Primates’ frontal sinuses could help to distinguish species; the study has been published on Science Advances
