Complex Human Childbirth and Cognitive Abilities are a Result of Walking Upright, a new study published on Communications Biology finds
A study published on Lithic Technology analyzed the influence of the shape of Paleolithic tools on visual attention during handling
Prehistoric people created art by firelight, new research reveals Our early ancestors probably created intricate artwork by firelight, an examination of 50 engraved…
The CENIEH in collaboration with CNRPAH leads a study reporting the discovery of the oldest Acheulean lithic assemblage found in North Africa, dated to about 1.7 million years
The recovery of distinctive fluted points from both America and Arabia provides one of the best examples of ‘independent invention’
A study, published on Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, deals with the possible uses of basalt tools at the Olduvai Gorge sites in Tanzania
Neanderthals living in Europe from about 55 to 40 thousand years ago traveled away from their caves to collect resin from pine trees. They then used that sticky substance to glue stone tools to handles made out of wood or bone
A new archaeological site in Ethiopia shows that the origins of stone tool production are older than 2.58 million years ago
A new Tel Aviv University study finds that prehistoric humans “recycled” discarded or broken flint tools 400,000 years ago to create small, sharp utensils with specific functions
Anatomically modern humans at the Klasies River Cave, in South Africa’s southern Cape, were roasting and eating plant starch
