The site sits within sediments that record major environmental upheaval in East Africa during the late Pliocene. Around 3.44 ...

For tens of thousands of years, early humans painted animals on cave walls with incredible realism - but almost never painted themselves. Faces were missing, bodies were simplified, and human ...

Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring ...

When Ohio’s Overfield Tavern Museum went up in flames in December 2024, it created a rare opportunity for archeologists to ...

The role of megafaunal exploitation in early human evolution remains debated. Occasional use of large carcasses by early hominins has been considered by some as opportunistic, possibly a fallback ...

Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests. This sandal woven from grasses and twigs, called an agobía, is somewhere between 727 and 771 years old, ...

Archaeologists have shed new light on the belief systems of early Mesolithic hunter-gatherers after analyzing cremated remains and artifacts given as grave offerings from the earliest recorded human ...

Archaeologists working in the Caucasus Mountains have uncovered a surprising piece of evidence that reshapes our understanding of Neanderthal intelligence and craftsmanship: a carefully carved bone ...

Researchers found over 200 cultural artifacts within nests of bearded vultures, with the oldest item to date — a woven sandal — estimated be from the 13th century.

Vultures are not known for their museum conservation skills, but perhaps that ought to change. Scientists have discovered an unlikely record of human history deep within layers of bone debris left by ...

A stone wall discovered deep inside Theopetra Cave in central Greece may be the oldest surviving human-built structure ever uncovered ... and partially open to the public, with selected artifacts on ...

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