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New Evidence Suggests Hominins Used Fire in Wonderwerk Cave 1.07–1.8 Million Years Ago

This could change timelines of early hominin behavior by suggesting repeated maintenance or transport of fire deep inside the cave.

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

Neanderthal Tooth Shows Earliest Known Dental Surgery, Study Finds

New Studies Challenge Idea That Smarter Humans Drove Neanderthals to Extinction

Ancient DNA Switches Tied to Language Predate the Human–Neanderthal Split

Elephant Tooth Isotopes Tie Neanderthal Hunting to Long-Range Prey at Neumark-Nord

X‑Chromosome Study Points to Sex‑Biased Human–Neanderthal Pairings Led by Neanderthal Males

Study Finds Prehistoric Pairings Favored Neanderthal Men and Human Women

Science Study Finds Neanderthal–Human Mating Skewed Toward Neanderthal Men and Human Women

Study Traces Mosquitoes’ Human-Biting Origin to Early Hominins in Sundaland

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

12,000-Year-Old Sewn Hide From Oregon Caves Is Oldest Yet, Study Finds

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

Hand Stencil in Indonesian Cave Is Oldest Known Rock Art at 67,800 Years

Oldest Elephant-Bone Tool in Europe Identified at Boxgrove

First Afar Paranthropus Fossil Pushes Genus’ Range 1,000 Kilometers North

New Analysis Points to Bipedal Sahelanthropus 7 Million Years Ago

Digital Reconstruction of 1.5-Million-Year-Old Ethiopian Skull Redraws Early Homo Erectus Picture

New Study Says 'Little Foot' May Represent an Unknown Australopithecus Species

Prolonged Drought Tied to ‘Hobbit’ Disappearance on Flores, New Study Finds