A new study has retrieved human genetic material from the walls of caves with ancient rock art.
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A new study reveals that plague was lethal thousands of years ago, during the Neolithic.
New research shows northwest African communities actively shaped connections and exchange between many cultures.
A recent article published and widely read in Science revealed that Neanderthal men preferred “Sapiens” women, but it fails to tell the whole story.
The newly described fossil goose Meterchen luti lived alongside crocodilians and turtles on the shores of the ancient Lake Manuherikia.
An anthropologist’s new book lays out the formula for human innovation, from stone tools to supercomputers. Depending on developments in the next few years, AI could hit the gas or the brakes.
The migration into Britain had its origins in the prehistoric wetlands of Belgium and the Netherlands.
A space physicist has suggested that a reversal of the Earth’s magnetic poles may have wiped out the Neanderthals.
A 42,000 year old stone with a face is the oldest known example of symbolic work by a Neanderthal.
Flint tools carried across the Pyrenees reveal the routes prehistoric humans took.
The Maghreb has long been absent from studies on the recent prehistory of the Mediterranean. The new findings change that.
Researchers have discovered a new extinct species of coelacanth that lived 380 million years ago.
The team’s work at Oued Beht unearthed the most extensive and earliest agricultural complex known in north Africa outside the Nile Valley.
This is the longest known journey for any stone used in a Neolithic monument.
Neolithic populations declined 5,000 years ago, but the reasons are subject to debate.
A new study reveals the final stage in the formation of the European genome, which is still present in many people today.
Archaeologists have amassed a huge database of giant engravings in South America.
Out of Darkness attempts at historical accuracy are a welcome surprise, and what’s more, it is fun to watch.
New analysis of archaeological remains in Spain has revealed that warfare is at least 2000 years older than we thought.
The early settlement of the Americas is hugely contested area of archaeology.
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