The need to hunt small prey compelled prehistoric humans to produce appropriate hunting weapons and improve their cognitive abilities
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
Fossilized soot and charcoal from torches dating back more than 8,000 years make it possible to reconstruct the history of the Nerja Cave
Bow-and-arrow, technology of the first modern humans in Europe 54,000 years ago at Mandrin, France; the study is on Science Advances
Back to the time of the first Homo Sapiens with a futuristic clock, the new Radiocarbon 3.0; the study has been published in PLoS One
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
Tiny flakes in Schöningen tell a story of tool use 300,000 years ago; the study has been published in Scientific Reports
Visual behavior during the manufacture of stone tools is analyzed for the first time; the study has been published in the Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology
Central Asia identified as a key region for human ancestors: it was a key route for some of the earliest hominin migrations
Ancient DNA is rarely well-preserved in fossils, so scientists need to recognize possible hybridization of early humans from skeletons