Building the human story based on a few artefacts is tricky – particularly for wooden tools that don’t preserve well, or cave ...
Artifacts Found in 57,000-Year-Old Sealed Cave Surprise Archaeologists ...
The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had trouble believing that modern humans from the Upper Palaeolithic (between 45,000 ...
Stalagmites in the Sala de las Estrellas in the Spanish cave of Ardales (Malaga, Andalusia) showing traces of red pigment. (photos by Joao Zilhao; courtesy Francesco d’Errico) In the traditional ...
Deep inside a German cave, archaeologists have uncovered something extraordinary that challenges everything we thought we knew about Neanderthal intelligence. In the Einhornhohle cave of the Harz ...
If you are interested in the history of humanity, it undoubtedly leads you back to the period when Neanderthals lived. Unfortunately, little is known about how these early humans lived in this era.
For a long time, the Neanderthals were regarded as functional, survival-minded humans who possessed the capabilities of hunting and tool production. Still, they had only primitive skills for abstract ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recent archaeological findings have revealed a fascinating aspect of Neanderthal behavior: their penchant for collecting.
Neanderthals repeatedly returned to the cave to store horned animal skulls, revealing this cultural tradition was transmitted over time.