The first dating study of Pirro Nord, Italy, traditionally regarded as the oldest archaeological site in western Europe, indicates that it is probably much younger than anticipated
The reason for the proximity between Paleolithic extensive stone quarries and water sources: Elephant hunting by early humans
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University crafted replica stone age tools and used them for a range of tasks to see how different activities create traces on the edge
Stone tool technology suggest that the commonly held view of a ‘revolution’ at the time of the dispersal of modern humans in Eurasia was a more nuanced and complicated process of cultural evolution
Homo sapiens already reached northwest Europe more than 45,000 years ago and lived alongside Neanderthals, according to three new studies
Our Homo sapiens ancestors were already living in the north of present-day China around 45,000 years ago, 5,000 years earlier than thought
‘A ticking clock’: First ground-based survey of damage to Ukrainian cultural sites reveals severity, need for urgency
Paleolithic humans may have understood the properties of rocks for making stone tools, as they preferred middle-grained flint over fine-grained flint
UD anthropology professor Sarah Lacy rebukes notion that only men were hunters in ancient, prehistoric times
Is the Melun Diptych, 15th century French painting, depicting an Acheulean handaxe, an ancient stone tool used by hominins?