The oldest collection of prehistoric bone tools from Olduvai Gorge, mass-produced by hominins during the transition from Oldowan to Acheulean
Use-wear analysis of grinding tools from Jebel Oraf shows subsistence and lifestyle in Neolithic Northern Saudi Arabia
China’s oldest water pipes, forming the earliest ceramic drainage system, were found at the neolithic walled site of Pingliangtai and were a communal effort, according to a new study published in Nature Water
An extreme glacial cooling event around 1.1 million years ago challenges the idea of continuous early human occupation of Europe
Giant stone artefacts, including a Late Acheulean ‘Giant’ handaxe, found on rare Ice Age site at Manor Farm now Maritime Academy, Frindsbury, Kent
A gold coin long dismissed as a forgery appears to be authentic and depicts a long-lost Roman emperor named Sponsian
Medieval mass burial shows centuries-earlier origin of Ashkenazi genetic bottleneck; a new study published on Current Biology
Rice cultivation has been recorded at the Neolithic site of Hanjing, about 8000 years ago; a new study has been published on Science China Earth Sciences
Neanderthals and modern humans diverged at least 800,000 years ago, substantially earlier than indicated by most DNA-based estimates
Abrupt climate change some 8,000 years ago led to a dramatic decline in early South American populations, suggests new UCL research.
