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Early Hominins Transported Toolstone Over 13 Kilometers 2.6 Million Years Ago

Geochemical analysis of artifacts from Nyayanga shows that early Oldowan toolmakers planned landscape-scale procurement of higher-quality stone.

Geochemical Study Reveals 13-Kilometer Toolstone Transport by Hominids

Study Confirms 5,700-Year-Old Cannibalism During Neolithic Conflict at El Mirador Cave

Million-Year-Old Tools Push Back Hominin Presence on Sulawesi

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

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