Although the archaeological record confirms that hunter-gatherers in Europe built fires ... Researchers have investigated three ancient hearths dating back to the heart of the Last Glacial Maximum.

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A new study describes a previously unknown prehistoric tribe of hunter-gatherers from the southern coast of Texas, who crafted musical instruments from modified human bones. The findings of the ...

An unknown tribe of ancient hunter-gatherers that lived on the south Texas coast may have made music using modified human bones. After sifting through bone artifacts in a museum collection ...

If you've ever wondered how farming spread far and wide, our research on past human societies offers one explanation: contact between different groups often drives change.

An ancient hunter likely wore it as a protective ... At this time, people were mostly hunter-gatherers, so archaeological evidence of their settlements is rare. But in the area of Pomerania ...

An archaeological site in Germany suggests communal hunting and complex thinking emerged earlier in human evolution than once thought.

bringing their expertise to the attention of the wider scientific community and anyone interested in our fossil heritage or in ancient hunter-gatherer traditions.

Related: Ancient rocks tie Roman Empire’s collapse to a mini ice age. ] Fire was likely a key part of survival for ice age hunter-gatherers in what is now Europe. Yet a lack of evidence from the ...