Early Homo sapiens expanded into Europe 300,000 years ago
Did range expansion leave early modern Europeans genetically indistinguishable from Neanderthals?
Archaeology & Prehistory, Human evolution, Human migration, Tools & technology
Archaeology & Prehistory
Articles about prehistoric archaeology.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Behaviour & Cognition, Human evolution
Shanidar Cave
Compassion and violence at iconic Neanderthal site.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Human evolution
Rising Star hominins may all be female
vidence for cultural mortuary practices of Homo naledi.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Behaviour & Cognition
Neanderthals treated dental caries 59,000 years ago
Earliest known example of dental surgery.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Behaviour & Cognition, Legacy posts
Spanish cave art was produced by Neanderthals
Conclusive evidence that Neanderthals were not the dimwits of popular imagination?
Archaeology & Prehistory, Human evolution, Legacy posts, Tools & technology
Neanderthals lacked specialised cold weather clothing
Study of faunal remains suggests garments with fur trim were made only by modern humans.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Human evolution, Legacy posts
Earliest hominin cancer
Malignant tumour found in a 1.7 m-year-old metatarsal.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Legacy posts
Neanderthals ate their greens
Analysis of 60,000–45,000–year–old coprolites provides insight into Neanderthal diet.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Legacy posts
Skull surgery used to treat post-traumatic osteomyelitis 4,900 years ago
Did Chalcolithic surgeons possess medical knowledge which remains poorly understood to this day?
Archaeology & Prehistory, Behaviour & Cognition, Legacy posts
175,000-year-old Neanderthal stone circle
Underground structure discovered in 1990s is ten times older than Lascaux cave paintings.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Legacy posts
Iron Age origins of European Alpine dairy farming
The ancient origins of Swiss cheese.
Archaeology & Prehistory, Human evolution, Legacy posts
Adverse effects of interbreeding with Neanderthals
Not all ‘imported’ genes were beneficial.