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

Evidence from layered deposits at Üçağızlı II points to cultural transmission in the Levantine corridor and could reshape ideas about Early Eurasian populations.

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Neanderthals and Humans Left a Shared Material Culture at Üçağızlı II Cave

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Repeated Deep‑Cave Burning at Wonderwerk Cave Dated to About 1.07–1.79 Million Years Ago

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

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

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Neandertal Tooth Shows Stone-Tool Drilling as Oldest Evidence of Complex Dental Care

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Neanderthal Tooth Shows Earliest Known Dental Surgery, Study Finds

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Neanderthals Hunted Turtles North of the Alps, New Study Finds

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3mo ago

Ancient DNA Pushes Dog Domestication Back to the Late Ice Age

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

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4mo ago

Bavarian Triassic Amphibian Mass Find Linked to Drought, Researchers Say

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4mo ago

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

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Nearly Complete Patagonian Fossil Recasts the Origins of Alvarezsaurids

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4mo ago

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

Paleontology

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

Neanderthals and Humans Left a Shared Material Culture at Üçağızlı II Cave

Repeated Deep‑Cave Burning at Wonderwerk Cave Dated to About 1.07–1.79 Million Years Ago

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

Atapuerca Cavern Yields Europe’s First Copper Age Infant Necropolis

Early Homo Used Recurrent In‑Cave Fires Nearly 1.8 Million Years Ago

Museum ‘Mammoth’ Bones Reidentified as Ancient Whales

Pokémon Fossil Museum Opens at Field Museum in Chicago

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

Neandertal Tooth Shows Stone-Tool Drilling as Oldest Evidence of Complex Dental Care

Neanderthal Tooth Shows Earliest Known Dental Surgery, Study Finds

Neanderthals Hunted Turtles North of the Alps, New Study Finds

Ancient DNA Pushes Dog Domestication Back to the Late Ice Age

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

Bavarian Triassic Amphibian Mass Find Linked to Drought, Researchers Say

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

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