Dating of Schöningen spears revised to 200,000 years; world’s oldest complete wooden hunting weapons are 100,000 years younger than previously claimed
New clues from old bones: some Vikings were much more violent than others, according to a study in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
Rare 4,000-Year-Old Copper Dagger discovered at the Tina Jama cave, located in the Sgonico municipality of the Trieste Karst
A new study, published in the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, compared rates of violence in Viking Age Norway and Denmark societies
To hunt in the Ice Age, people used planted pikes with Clovis points, not throwing spears, roughly 13,000 years ago
Scientists show how the ancient village of Habonim North adapted to drought, rising seas: underwater excavation reveals human resilience through Neolithic-period climate change
Spears from the Schöningen open-cast coal mine have been examined and show that wood was a crucial raw material 300,000 years ago
Long-distance weaponry, such as spearthrowers, have been identified at the 31,000-year-old archaeological site of Maisières-Canal
For the first time, a new study by an international research team shows Neanderthals hunted cave lions and used the pelt of this dangerous carnivore
Cranial traumas show dramatic increase as the first cities were being built: in the 12,000 years before antiquity, the share of violent death rose at first and then fell back
