Oldest whale bone tools discovered, excavated from sites around the Bay of Biscay in Spain, along with bones from Santa Catalina Cave
Describing previously unknown aspects of Copper Age ceremonial clothing: the beads from the Tholos de Montelirio
The theory of a violent invasion of the Iberian Peninsula in Late Prehistory, some 4,200 years ago, is now being questioned
Archaeologists report earliest evidence for plant farming in east Africa, from Kakapel; a trove of ancient plant remains excavated in Kenya
Researchers established a chronology for Dispilio, by combining radiocarbon dating, dendrochronology and information on cosmic particles from Miyake events
Oldest fortresses in the world discovered at Amnya, in a remote region of Siberia; the study has been published in Antiquity
Human remains at the Cueva de los Marmoles were subsequently manipulated and utilized, adding to a pattern in the Iberian Peninsula
Scientists zero in on timing, causes of Ice Age mammal extinctions in Southern California: a new study published in Science
Another step forward in radiocarbon dating: a high precision record of atmospheric radiocarbon shifts beyond 14,000 calendar years BP
PKU researchers reconstructed how the clay tiles from Qiaocun formed the earliest known composite-tiled roofs; the study is published in Scientific Reports