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Ancient DNA Confirms Dogs Lived With Ice Age Humans Across Europe 14,000 Years Ago

Genome sequencing with isotope clues shows active care by hunter-gatherers.

Ancient DNA Confirms Dogs in Eurasia 14,000–16,000 Years Ago

Ancient DNA Confirms Dogs Lived With Humans 15,800 Years Ago

Birch Tar Made With Neanderthal Methods Shows Antibiotic Activity, Study Finds

Study Uncovers 2,800-Year-Old Massacre in Serbia That Targeted Women and Children

Oldest Known Wooden Tools Found in Greece, Dated to 430,000 Years

Neolithic Shell Trumpets From Catalonia Played Again in Study Pointing to Long-Range Signalling

Moroccan Fossils Dated to 773,000 Years Anchor African Ancestors Near Modern Human Roots

Scientists Find 60,000-Year-Old Evidence of Poisoned Hunting Weapons in South Africa

Ancient Wolves Reached Baltic Island With Human Help, Study Finds

Peer-Reviewed Tests Show Neolithic Catalan Conch Shells Sent Long-Distance Signals and Made Music

Neanderthals Crafted Crayon-Like Ochre Tools in Crimea and Ukraine, Study Finds

Reanalysis Overturns ‘Smoking Gun’ for Human Megafauna Hunting in Australia

140,000-Year-Old Skhul Child Shows Mixed Traits, Pointing to Early Human–Neanderthal Interbreeding

4,000-Year-Old Thai Dental Plaque Reveals Earliest Biochemical Evidence of Betel Nut Chewing

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

Humans Developed Ecological Flexibility in Africa Before Migrating Into Eurasia

Ulli Lust Becomes First Comic Artist to Win German Non-Fiction Book Prize

South Korea's Bangucheon Petroglyphs Poised for UNESCO World Heritage Listing

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