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Isotope ‘Travel Diaries’ From Straight‑Tusked Elephants Strengthen Case for Neanderthal Hunts at Neumark‑Nord

Genetic sequencing of the remains has begun to test population dynamics.

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

Virtual Reconstruction Reveals Little Foot’s Face, Hinting East African Affinities

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

Study Finds Sex-Biased Neanderthal–Human Mating Shaped Modern X Chromosomes

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

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

Study of 5,500-Year-Old Gotland Graves Finds Co-Burials Were Often Extended Kin

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

Scientists Describe Tyrannoroter Heberti, a 307-Million-Year-Old Plant-Chewing Tetrapod

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

Oldest Known Wooden Tools Found in Greece, Dated to 430,000 Years

Mastodon Tusk Over 100,000 Years Old Recovered Near Miramar for Museum Conservation

Oldest Elephant-Bone Tool in Europe Identified at Boxgrove

Neolithic Shell Trumpets From Catalonia Played Again in Study Pointing to Long-Range Signalling

Moroccan Fossils Dated to 773,000 Years May Sit Near Human Lineage's Root

Moroccan Hominin Fossils Dated to 773,000 Years Bolster African Roots of the Homo Sapiens Lineage

Oldest Direct Evidence of Poisoned Arrows Found on 60,000-Year-Old South African Points