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Paleoanthropology & Early Humans
Hominid fossils, tool cultures, migrations, and ancient DNA insights.
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Study finds 75,000-year-old Neanderthal may be earliest known spear killing
15+ hour, 59+ min ago (1092+ words) The ventral (left) and dorsal (right) views of the Shanidar A scapula. Ventral is the front of the scapula, the side that faces the ribs (chest). Dorsal is the back of the scapula. (Dr. Emma Pomeroy via SWNS) A fatal…...
Possible Fatal Wound Identified in Neanderthal Bone
16+ hour, 13+ min ago (80+ words) News October 15, 2026 Digs & Discoveries May/June 2026 Top 10 Discoveries of the Decade January/February 2021 Vindija Cave, Croatia, 2010 Tuning in to the sounds of the ancient world Hoards of lavish gold and silver neck rings buried on an English hill reflect dramatic…...
Berkeley Archaeologist: Ancient Humans Didn't Throw Spears at Mammoths
16+ hour, 15+ min ago (234+ words) If you've ever watched a movie or played a video game about ancient humans, you've likely seen the archetype: muscular hunters hurling spears to take down charging mammoths. Decades of popular media have glorified these violent depictions of how human…...
What Did Neanderthals Actually Eat to Survive the Ice Age?
19+ hour, 12+ min ago (591+ words) Far from the meat-obsessed carnivores they are made out to be in popular culture, Neanderthals had a surprisingly varied diet. Modern stereotypes often dismiss Neanderthals as brutish carnivores with little to no subtlety and severely lacking in culture. Surviving Pleistocene…...
Bones from Iraqi cave hint at violence and compassion in Neanderthals
19+ hour, 10+ min ago (697+ words) Oct 15 (Reuters) – The bones of a Neanderthal from a cave in Iraq’s Kurdistan region are offering evidence of both violence and compassion in the closest evolutionary cousins of our species, exhibiting a wound apparently from a fatal spear attack as…...
Neanderthal remains may be earliest human ancestor find killed by a spear
20+ hour, 16+ min ago (569+ words) Adult excavated in an Iraqi Kurdistan cave died more than 70,000 years ago and bears ‘kill shot’ shoulder wound A smooth round hole in the shoulder blade of a Neanderthal who died more than 70,000 years ago may be the oldest evidence…...
People living on land bridge linking North America to Asia hunted mammoths
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (88+ words) yoursun.com Kelly Graf holds a steppe bison bone recovered at Shég Xdaltthi with a hearth oven feature being excavated in the background. (Kelly Graf via SWNS) There was a problem reporting this. Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar,…...
UA research reveals secrets of oldest human footprints in North America
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (86+ words) KVOA High Wind Warning from THU 11:00 PM MST until FRI 11:00 PM MST Wind Advisory from FRI 11:00 PM MST until SAT 2:00 PM MST The University of Arizona is helping reveal new secrets about the oldest human footprints in North America. Ancient…...
How the Slavs Transformed Medieval Europe: Ancient DNA Reveals a New Story
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (866+ words) The key questions have always been: where did the Slavs come from, and how did they so thoroughly reshape Europe? Were they migrants arriving in great numbers, or local populations gradually adopting new cultural practices—a process of “Slavicisation”? Until…...
How DNA Is Rewriting the History of Early Medieval Europe
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (1372+ words) What can the DNA of people who lived more than 1,200 years ago tell us about the Middle Ages? A major European research project examining 7,700 early medieval burials is revealing new details about migration, family relationships, disease and everyday life. Its…...