A recent article published and widely read in Science revealed that Neanderthal men preferred “Sapiens” women, but it fails to tell the whole story.
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300,000-year-old wooden tools found in southwestern China reveal surprising sophistication from the ancestors of modern humans.
This is the longest known journey for any stone used in a Neolithic monument.
Out of Darkness attempts at historical accuracy are a welcome surprise, and what’s more, it is fun to watch.
The early settlement of the Americas is hugely contested area of archaeology.
Since 2011, professional and amateur archaeologists in Cardiff have been unearthing prehistoric artefacts. But last summer, they began to discover something even more extraordinary.
Columbus’s was the last of at least seven discoveries of the Americas.
The Earth has had at least five major ice ages, and humans showed up in time for the most recent one. In fact, we’re still in it.
It’s possible that low oxygen levels in caves produced hallucinations – but that doesn’t explain the majority of prehistoric art.
The ancestors of modern-day people living on Southeast Asian islands likely interbred with a prehistoric species called Denisovans - raising the possibility of fresh and intriguing fossil discoveries.
Archaeological discoveries in a jungle cave in central Indonesia suggest humans arrived there 18,000 years ago and decided to stay a while, hunting in the jungle and building canoes.
During the transitional period between the Pleistocene and Holocene epoch, the Earth’s temperature underwent massive change, forcing prehistoric humans in Indonesia to change their diet.
Scientists have worked out a new way to scan beneath the ground for footprints – and it’s revealing traces of an ancient world.
Ancient farmers ensured their children were fed and entertained in a similar way to modern parents.
Environmental change can be a slow creep towards disaster for species. We studied how prehistoric humans coped to help make sense of the future using video game technology.
DNA found in chewing gum from 10,000 years ago is helping scientists learn about prehistoric humans.
Species-level identification of bone tools has been undertaken for the first time in southern Africa.
Figurative art may derive from Neanderthal hand prints and the hunter’s keen eye for perceiving animals.
Prehistoric humans and their predecessors may have had a very different diet but their teeth suffered in similar ways to ours.
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Professor in the Department of Archaeology, Durham University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, College of Asia & the Pacific, Australian National University
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Professor of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Bournemouth University; University of Reading
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Associate Professor in Hominin Palaeoecology, Bournemouth University
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Professor of the Archaeology of Human Origins, University of York
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Researcher, Australian National University
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Research Scientist, Institute of Human Origins and Associate Professor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University
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PhD Researcher in Human Evolution, Bournemouth University
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Distinguished Professor, School of Culture, History & Language, Australian National University
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Professor of Evolutionary Palaeoecology, Bournemouth University
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Senior lecturer, Cardiff University
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Research associate, Adelaide University
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Fellow, Keele University
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Adjunct professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Archaeology, University of Bristol