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850,000-Year-Old Child Vertebra Reveals Earliest Hominin Cannibalism

The precision incisions on the bone expose how Homo antecessor employed cannibalism as a nutritional strategy.

Child Vertebra With Cut Marks Confirms Cannibalism by Homo antecessor at Atapuerca

Study Links Monday Anxiety to Sustained Cortisol Elevation in Older Adults

300,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools from China Overturn East Asian Paleolithic Narratives

Neanderthals Organized Large-Scale Bone Fat Extraction 125,000 Years Ago

Neanderthals’ 125,000-Year-Old “Fat Factory” Confirmed as First Large-Scale Bone-Grease Operation

Reconstructed Face of 10,500-Year-Old Margaux Woman Reveals Dark Skin and Blue Eyes

Ancient DNA Reveals Lost 6,000-Year-Old Hunter-Gatherers on Colombia’s Altiplano

7,100-Year-Old Yunnan Skeleton Unlocks Tibetans’ Ghost Ancestry

Forensic Police Authenticate 43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Fingerprint in Spain

Schöninger Spears Reassessed to Be 200,000 Years Old, Challenging Previous Estimates

Ice Age Humans Mastered Fire to Survive Harsh Climates, New Research Confirms

Stone Age Hunter-Gatherers Reached Malta 8,500 Years Ago, Study Reveals

Ancient DNA Reveals Isolated North African Lineage from the Green Sahara

Discovery of Neanderthal-Style Tools in China Challenges Views on Ancient East Asian Innovation

1.4-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals Oldest Human Face in Western Europe

Discovery of 'Pink' Fossil Redefines Early Human History in Western Europe

100,000-Year-Old Burials Reveal Cultural Exchange Between Early Humans

Lapedo Child Burial Reveals Human-Neanderthal Hybrid Lived 28,000 Years Ago

Precise Dating of Lapedo Child Sheds Light on Neanderthal-Human Interactions