Climate change and prehistoric human populations: Study finds eastward shift of settlement areas at end of last Ice Age
A new study sheds light on how prehistoric hunter-gatherer populations in Europe coped with climate changes over 12,000 years ...
50,000-Year-Old Tools Found in China Could Point to Unknown Human Ancestor
Researchers found European-style Quina tools in China, dating back 55,000 years, challenging the view that East Asia’s Middle ...
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Unknown human species in East Asia used sophisticated tools at the same time Neanderthals did in Europe
The tool we've identified is called a Quina scraper. This type of stone tool is well known from archaeological sites in ...
Greek Reporter2d
Oldest Known Homo Sapiens Outside Africa Found in Greece
A partial skull found in a cave in Southern Greece is the earliest evidence of the presence of Homo sapiens outside of Africa ...
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Stone Scrapers Found in China Shift Ideas on Paleolithic Tool Development
Tools were once thought to have arisen out of Africa and Europe, then spread eastward. New findings challenge that assumption ...
Archaeologists unearthed a cache of stone tools. Neanderthals may have made them, study finds
Archaeologists in China’s Yunnan province unearthed stone tools crafted in a style associated with Neanderthals that hasn’t ...
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Hohle Fels water bird: The oldest depiction of a bird in the world
This tiny bird sculpture was created 40,000 years ago by early humans in Europe who carved the key animals in their lives.
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Unknown Human Species in East Asia Used Advanced Tools as Neanderthals in Europe
Researchers in China have uncovered 55,000-year-old advanced tools, suggesting an unknown human species matched Neanderthal ...
Archaeologists Make Stunning Find of Prehistoric Engraved Rock
Archaeologists in Marbella, Spain have uncovered a rock which contains ancient prehistoric engravings, Ancient Origins ...
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Paleolithic kids’ finger painting in underground caves may have had a lofty purpose
Elsewhere, at France’s Rouffignac Cave, evidence points to a child under the age of five drawing at least ... of the general population of Upper Paleolithic humans were children or young adults.
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Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic, like in Europe and Middle East
Archaeologists like me are interested in the Middle Paleolithic – a period spanning 250,000 to 30,000 years ago – because it includes the first appearance of our species, our arrival into many ...