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Recent research from Germany reveals that Neanderthals captured the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) approximately 125,000 years ago, likely valuing its shell as a tool more…
Recent research highlights that birch bark tar—historically recognized as a natural tool adhesive—can effectively inhibit harmful bacteria like: Staphylococcus aureus. This suggests that Neanderthals may have…
Birch Bark Tar: An Ancient Adhesive and Antiseptic. Credit: Tjaark Siemssen, CC-BY 4.0 Neanderthals might have harnessed the antibacterial properties of tar made from tree bark…
Chemical Clues in Straight-Tusked Elephant Teeth (Paleoloxodon antiquus): The 125,000-year-old remnants at Germany’s Neumark Nord reveal that these massive creatures migrated hundreds of kilometers, suggesting intentional…
Neanderthals: Sheltering in Caves Grégoire Sirade/Science Photo Library This excerpt is from *Our Human Story*, a monthly newsletter focused on revolutionary archaeology discoveries. Subscribe to receive…
The transition from the Middle to Upper Paleolithic, occurring approximately 50,000 to 38,000 years ago, was a pivotal period characterized by the decline and extinction of…
Reconstruction of a Neanderthal’s face Credit: Ryhor Bruyeu/Alamy The inaugural study of a well-preserved nasal cavity in human fossils uncovers that the large noses of Neanderthals…
Ibex can navigate gracefully across steep mountain terrains Serge Goujon/Shutterstock Nearly 300,000 years ago, Neanderthals had already devised strategies for hunting goats on vertical cliffs and…
The rotting meat maggot might have been vital to ancient diets Chronicle/Alam Neanderthals may not have been the exclusive meat-eaters we once presumed. Analysis of nitrogen…
The Caves of Amdo and Kebara in northern Israel date back to the central Paleolithic period, approximately 70,000-50,000 years ago. Both are situated in the Southern…
Neanderthal cooking abilities were more advanced than previously believed. Gregoire Cirade/Science Photo Library Almost 100,000 years ago, Neanderthals processed animal bones to extract fat, a practice…
overview Many people carry small pieces of Neanderthal DNA, evidence of interbreeding between Neanderthals and ancient human ancestors. Two new studies suggest that interbreeding occurred during…
Approximately 46,000 years ago, a group of Neanderthals resided in caves in what is now Spain and gathered fossils, as reported by a researcher in a…
A recent study indicates that multiple instances of gene flow occurring between 250,000 and 200,000 years ago impacted the genomes and biology of both modern humans…
Neanderthal life has been portrayed as historically highly stressful, shaped by constant pressure to survive in harsh ecological conditions, which may have contributed to their extinction.…
Archaeologists have discovered traces of an ancient ocher-based multicomponent adhesive in 40,000-year-old stone tools unearthed in Le Moustiers, France. Photographs, drawings and details of stone tools…
When the ancestors of modern Eurasians migrated from Africa and interbred with the archaic humans of Eurasia, namely Neanderthals and Denisovans, the DNA of the archaic…
Archaeologists from MONREPOS, the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, and the University of Leiden recently discovered that straight-tusked elephants were hunted some 125,000 years ago (Paleoloxodon…