Early modern humans at Blombos Cave in South Africa used ochre as a specialized tool for stone toolmaking during the Middle Stone Age
Ancient dugout canoe replica tests Paleolithic migration theory, and long-standing questions about migration of early modern humans in East Asia
Earliest evidence of humans in the Americas at New Mexico’s White Sands confirmed in new study published in Science Advances
Tracing genetic trails: Colombia’s early hunter-gatherers disappeared completely, according to a new study published in Science Advances
Dating of Schöningen spears revised to 200,000 years; world’s oldest complete wooden hunting weapons are 100,000 years younger than previously claimed
Describing previously unknown aspects of Copper Age ceremonial clothing: the beads from the Tholos de Montelirio
Archaeological remains at Swan Point and Hollembaek Hill, Alaska, show that people and the ancestors of today’s dogs began forming close relationships as early as 12,000 years ago
Medieval walrus ivory points to early interactions between Vikings and Indigenous North Americans in the Arctic Ocean
A new study in the journal Science Advances turns to human skeletons to explore the origins of horseback riding, and cast doubts the Kurgan hypothesis
An archaeogenetic study, published in Science Advances, sheds new light on the isolated medieval community Las Gobas in northern Spain