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

Analyses with pyrite fragments indicate intentional, repeated hearth use at Barnham by likely early Neanderthals.

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

Kenyan Site Shows 300,000 Years of Oldowan Toolmaking Through Climate Shifts

Kenyan Site Reveals 300,000 Years of Early Oldowan Toolmaking

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

Uzbekistan Cave Reveals 9,200-Year-Old Wild Barley Harvesting

New Dating Sets Petralona Skull’s Minimum Age at 286,000 Years, Undercutting Older Claims

New Study Finds Early Hominins Transported Toolstone Over 13 Kilometers

Geochemical Study Reveals 13-Kilometer Toolstone Transport by Hominids

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

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

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

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