The study is one of the few so far to combine use-wear, archaeozoology and paleoproteomics in archaeological material and the first to do so in bone artifacts from the ancient Neolithic.

The discovery of this “unique pointy bone artifact,” in the words of those who found it, was made in southern Russia in the Mezmaiskaya Cave within the Caucasus Mountains. It recontextualizes ...

SEQUIM — Using 21st century technology to peer into mankind’s history dating back nearly 14,000 years, a team led by a Texas A&M professor has confirmed what researchers believe is the oldest weapon ...