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High-Altitude Pyrenees Cave Points to Millennia of Prehistoric Copper Work

The findings challenge the idea that mountain zones were only peripheral to prehistoric life.

New Studies Challenge Idea That Smarter Humans Drove Neanderthals to Extinction

DNA From Polish Cave Reconstructs 100,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Community

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

New Species Crocodylus lucivenator, Likely Predator of 'Lucy,' Described From Ethiopia

Digital Reconstruction Reveals ‘Little Foot’ Face with East African Traits

Study Finds Prehistoric Pairings Favored Neanderthal Men and Human Women

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

Stone Age Sign Sequences Show Proto-Writing Structure 40,000 Years Before Cuneiform

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

Oldest Elephant-Bone Tool in Europe Identified at Boxgrove

Study Finds Selective Exocannibalism of Non-Local Neanderthals at Belgium’s Goyet Caves

Neanderthal Ochre ‘Crayons’ Identified in Crimea Study

Maggot-Infested Meat Diet Offers Explanation for Neanderthal Nitrogen Signature

Study Finds Maggot Consumption Could Explain Neandertals’ High Nitrogen Levels

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

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

Spanish Pebble Yields 43,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Face Abstraction, Fingerprint