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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.

Neanderthal Ochre ‘Crayons’ Identified in Crimea Study

Earliest European Blue Pigment Confirmed on 13,000-Year-Old German Artifact

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

Neighboring Neanderthal Groups Butchered Prey in Distinct Local Traditions

300,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools from China Overturn East Asian Paleolithic Narratives

Study Dates Earliest European Whale Bone Tools to 20,000 Years Ago