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Birch Tar Made With Neanderthal Methods Shows Antibacterial Activity, Study Finds

Lab-made birch tar using methods plausible for Neanderthals inhibited Staphylococcus growth in PLOS One tests.

Digital Reconstruction Reveals ‘Little Foot’ Face with East African Traits

Nearly Complete Patagonian Fossil Recasts the Origins of Alvarezsaurids

Elephant Bone in Spain Dated to Punic Era Fuels Plausible Link to Hannibal’s War Elephants

Ice-Age Wolverine Jaw Unearthed in Yorkshire’s Stump Cross Caverns

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

Wyoming Boy, 11, Uncovers 48-Million-Year-Old Turtle Fossil Now Under Study

4,000-Year-Old Bison Skeleton With Copper Arrowhead Unearthed in Navarra

Oldest Known Handheld Wooden Tools, 430,000 Years Old, Unearthed in Greece

Earliest Hafted Tools in East Asia Confirmed at China’s Xigou Site

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

Oldest Elephant-Bone Tool in Europe Identified at Boxgrove

Saudi Cave Cheetah Mummies Reveal Two Lineages, Informing Reintroduction Plans

Earliest Direct Evidence Shows Hunters Used Poisoned Arrows 60,000 Years Ago

Moroccan Hominin Fossils Dated to 773,000 Years Bolster African Roots of the Homo Sapiens Lineage

Oldest Direct Evidence of Poisoned Arrows Found on 60,000-Year-Old Tools in South Africa

Moroccan Fossils Dated to 773,000 Years Anchor African Ancestors Near Modern Human Roots

Study Finds Cannibalised Neanderthal Women and Children at Belgium's Goyet Caves 45,000 Years Ago

France Returns Rare Tarbosaurus Skeleton to Mongolia After 2015 Seizure

Study Finds Selective Neanderthal Cannibalism of Non-Local Women and Children at Belgian Cave