Human Evolution

Neanderthals Hominins Stone Tools Genetics Tool Making Homo Erectus Fire Use Fossil Discoveries Pleistocene Era Fossils

Healed Cut on 100,000‑Year‑Old Jaw Suggests Early Sharp‑Force Trauma at Qafzeh

Researchers interpret a healed left‑side jaw lesion as possible evidence of sharp‑force violence with signs that the injured individual received communal care.

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Cave Finds Show Long-Term Cultural Continuity Between Neanderthals and Modern Humans

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Study Pushes Repeated Hominin Fire Use at Wonderwerk Cave Back to 1.79 Million Years

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Oldest Evidence of Deliberate Fire-Making in Europe Found in England, 400,000 Years Ago

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Oldest Clear Evidence of Intentional Fire-Making Found at 400,000-Year-Old Suffolk Site

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Study Finds Earliest Strong Evidence of Hominin Fire-Making at 400,000-Year-Old English Site

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Oldest Confirmed Human Fire-Making Found at 400,000-Year-Old UK Site

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Study Pushes Europe’s Earliest Fire-Making Back to 400,000 Years

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Ancient DNA From Southern Africa Reveals Long-Isolated Homo Sapiens Lineage

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Study Finds Plant Processing Long Predated Farming, Recasting the Stone Age Diet

Human Evolution

Healed Cut on 100,000‑Year‑Old Jaw Suggests Early Sharp‑Force Trauma at Qafzeh

Cave Finds Show Long-Term Cultural Continuity Between Neanderthals and Modern Humans

Study Pushes Repeated Hominin Fire Use at Wonderwerk Cave Back to 1.79 Million Years

Neanderthals Planned Seasonal Shellfish Harvests 115,000 Years Ago, Study Finds

Neanderthal Tooth Shows Earliest Known Dental Surgery, Study Finds

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

Yunxian Homo Erectus Skulls Re-Dated to About 1.77 Million Years

Study of 5,500-Year-Old Gotland Graves Finds Co-Burials Were Often Extended Kin

Oldest Handheld Wooden Tools Found at 430,000-Year-Old Site in Greece

Earliest Hafted Tools in East Asia Confirmed at China’s Xigou Site

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Hand Stencil in Sulawesi Is Oldest Known Cave Painting at 67,800 Years

Oldest Elephant-Bone Tool in Europe Identified at Boxgrove

9,500-Year-Old Malawi Find Is Africa’s Earliest Cremation and Oldest Adult Pyre

Oldest Evidence of Deliberate Fire-Making in Europe Found in England, 400,000 Years Ago

Oldest Clear Evidence of Intentional Fire-Making Found at 400,000-Year-Old Suffolk Site

Study Finds Earliest Strong Evidence of Hominin Fire-Making at 400,000-Year-Old English Site

Oldest Confirmed Human Fire-Making Found at 400,000-Year-Old UK Site

Study Pushes Europe’s Earliest Fire-Making Back to 400,000 Years

Ancient DNA From Southern Africa Reveals Long-Isolated Homo Sapiens Lineage

Study Finds Plant Processing Long Predated Farming, Recasting the Stone Age Diet

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