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Exceptional Pacific Mastodon Molar Found in San Mateo County Preserve

The tooth has been donated to Stanford for radiocarbon dating and 3D scanning to support research and public education.

Record-Low Danube Prompts Barges, Blasts and Power Cuts to Keep Reactors Running

1.43-Million-Year-Old Footprints Suggest Paranthropus boisei Walked in Male Groups

Cave Finds Show Long-Term Cultural Continuity Between Neanderthals and Modern Humans

Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens Left Similar Tools and Shell Ornaments at Turkish Cave, Study Finds

Study Pushes Repeated Hominin Fire Use at Wonderwerk Cave Back to 1.79 Million Years

New Evidence Suggests Hominins Used Fire in Wonderwerk Cave 1.07–1.8 Million Years Ago

Scientists Recover Cold‑Adapted Yeast From Ötzi and Use It to Bake Sourdough

Museum ‘Mammoth’ Bones Reidentified as Ancient Whales

Pokémon Fossil Museum Opens at Field Museum in Chicago

Neanderthal Tooth Shows 59,000-Year-Old Dental Treatment

Neanderthal Tooth Shows Earliest Known Dental Surgery, Study Finds

Ancient DNA Pushes Dog Domestication Back to the Late Ice Age

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

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

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

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

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