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

Researchers recreated birch tar with Stone Age techniques, then found it inhibited Staphylococcus in lab tests.

Enculturated Chimps Zero In on Crystals, Hinting at Ancient Aesthetic Roots

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

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

Earliest Direct Evidence Shows Hunters Used Poisoned Arrows 60,000 Years Ago

Oldest Direct Evidence of Poisoned Arrows Found on 60,000-Year-Old Tools in South Africa

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

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

Study Traces Primate Kissing to a Common Ape Ancestor 16–21 Million Years Ago

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

Kenyan Site Reveals 300,000 Years of Early Oldowan Toolmaking

Neanderthal Ochre ‘Crayons’ Identified in Crimea Study

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

Study Finds Early Humans in Italy Butchered Straight‑Tusked Elephants and Turned Bones Into Tools

Survey of Turkey’s Ayvalık Coast Revives Ice Age Land-Bridge Route Into Europe

eLife Paper Revives Case for Homo Naledi Burials Deep in Rising Star Caves

Ancient DNA Study Identifies Gene Sweep That Made Horses Rideable

Denisovan-Derived MUC19 Variant Rose in the Americas, Study Finds