Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia some 2.8 million ...

While the exact motivations remain open to interpretation, the evidence suggests that Magdalenian cannibalism was not simply a response to starvation but part of a broader cultural framework.

Studies of Paleolithic technology also inform our understanding of the course and context of hominin cultural evolution. While our present capacity for cumulative culture clearly distinguishes us ...

New discoveries in Southeast Asia suggest that early humans mastered the art of seafaring and deep-sea fishing 40,000 years ago.

In a nutshell Different human species shared identical cultural practices 100,000 years ago, suggesting social interaction ...

Archaeologists in Marbella, Spain, have discovered a 200,000-year-old stone with engraving at the Coto Correa site.

Modern Japanese appear to be genetically descended from the Paleolithic Minatogawa people ... people known for their distinctive pottery culture (c. 14500 B.C.-1000 B.C.) and the Yayoi people ...

The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic ...

A team of archaeologists has discovered some evidence of Neanderthal habitation during their recent survey conducted in ...

The Wenquan Paleolithic site in Ruzhou, Central China's Henan Province, has yielded a collection of Acheulean tools, ...

The city of Marbella (Málaga, Spain) has witnessed an archaeological discovery that could rewrite the history of prehistoric ...