Evidence of 42,000-year-old human occupation of the Tanimbar islands and its implications for the Sunda-Sahul early human migration
Tool marks are evidence for butchery of Neosclerocalyptus (giant armadillo-like mammals) in Argentina 21,000 years ago
New geological datings place the first European hominids at Orce, in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, 1.3 million years ago
UMA scientists find a natural quicksand trap dated to more than one million years ago in the ‘elephant graveyard’ of Fuente Nueva 3, Orce
Multiple temporary campsites reveal that ancient people hunted gomphotheres, extinct elephants, at Tagua Tagua Lake in Chile, 12,000 years ago
The model didn’t identify well-defined migration routes, but instead showed a “radiating wave” of migrations across Sahul following riverine corridors and coastlines
Evidence from Bilzingsleben, in eastern Germany shows that early humans hunted beavers, 400,000 years ago, and had a varied diet than previously known
Pollen analysis suggests peopling of Siberia and Europe by modern humans occurred during a major Pleistocene warming spell
Early ancestral bottleneck in the early to middle Pleistocene could’ve spelled the end for humans, a study published on Science
Scientists zero in on timing, causes of Ice Age mammal extinctions in Southern California: a new study published in Science