Early collective ritual practices in the Levant
A 36,000-year-old Paleolithic ritual chamber discovered.
Findings shed new light on the evolution of the human brain
Research uncovers major trends in the evolution of hominin brain size over a period of about million years.
New findings on the world’s oldest wooden hunting weapons
Researchers shed new light on the famous wooden spears of Schöningen and the implications for early human hunting.
Vittrup Man crossed over from forager to farmer before being sacrificed in Denmark
DNA, isotope, protein analysis reveal genetic ancestry and migration of a human found in a peat bog.
Climate and early human dispersal
A study finds a link between the strengthening of the Asian summer monsoon and early human migration out of Africa to East Asia during the last interglacial period.
Archaeomagnetic analysis of inscribed bricks from Mesopotamia
Study results establish a baseline for accurately dating archaeological materials from Mesopotamia during the first three millennia BCE.
