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Elephant Tooth Isotopes Tie Neanderthal Hunting to Long-Range Prey at Neumark-Nord

A genetic study of the Neumark elephants is now underway to resolve their population structure.

X‑Chromosome Study Points to Sex‑Biased Human–Neanderthal Pairings Led by Neanderthal Males

Science Study Finds Neandertal–Human Pairings Skewed Toward Neandertal Men and Modern Women

Study Finds Prehistoric Pairings Favored Neanderthal Men and Human Women

Science Study Finds Neanderthal–Human Mating Skewed Toward Neanderthal Men and Human Women

Study Traces Mosquitoes’ Human-Biting Origin to Early Hominins in Sundaland

Berlin Exhibition Reframes Göbeklitepe as Part of a 12,000-Year-Old Neolithic Network

Ice Age Marks on German Artifacts Show Information Density Comparable to Proto‑Cuneiform, PNAS Study Finds

Yunxian Homo Erectus Skulls Re-Dated to About 1.77 Million Years

12,000-Year-Old Sewn Hide From Oregon Caves Is Oldest Yet, Study Finds

Ancient Egyptian Papyrus Cited in 'Giants' Claims Draws Expert Pushback

Oldest Handheld Wooden Tools Found at 430,000-Year-Old Site in Greece

Oldest Known Wooden Tools Found in Greece, Dated to 430,000 Years

67,800-Year-Old Hand Stencil in Indonesian Cave Sets New Oldest Rock Art Record

Hand Stencil in Indonesian Cave Is Oldest Known Rock Art at 67,800 Years

Oldest Elephant-Bone Tool in Europe Identified at Boxgrove

First Afar Paranthropus Fossil Pushes Genus’ Range 1,000 Kilometers North

Reanalysis of Sahelanthropus Fossils Points to Early Bipedal Adaptations

New Analysis Points to Bipedal Sahelanthropus 7 Million Years Ago

Digital Reconstruction of 1.5-Million-Year-Old Ethiopian Skull Redraws Early Homo Erectus Picture