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Lucy Fossil Makes First European Appearance in Prague in Rare Ethiopian Loan

The original bones go on limited display through October 23 before returning to Ethiopia’s high-security vault.

850,000-Year-Old Child Vertebra Reveals Europe’s Earliest Cannibalism

Maggot-Infested Meat Diet Offers Explanation for Neanderthal Nitrogen Signature

Study Finds Maggot Consumption Could Explain Neandertals’ High Nitrogen Levels

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

Ulsan’s Bangucheon Stream Petroglyphs Inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Site

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

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

Collagen Peptide Markers Unlock Identities of Extinct Australian Megafauna

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

Spanish Pebble Yields 43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Face Abstraction, Fingerprint

Humans Fashioned Whale-Bone Hunting Tools in Bay of Biscay 20,000 Years Ago

43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Fingerprint on Ochre Pebble Reveals Early Symbolic Art

43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Fingerprint Unearthed in Segovia

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

Study Links Human Adaptations to Survival During Ancient Magnetic Field Weakening

Stone Tools Found in South African Cave Reveal Prehistoric Cultural Networks

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

Arabia's Hidden Past: 8 Million Years of Lush Landscapes Unveiled

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