About 2 million years ago, Homo erectus lived at high altitudes and produced both Oldowan and Acheulean tools
Scientists discover the earliest known evidence of Acheulean technology and one of the earliest fossils of Homo erectus in Ethiopia.
Prehistoric people occupied upland regions of inland Spain in even the coldest periods of the last Ice Age
15,000-21,000 years ago, inland Iberia may have been more populated than traditionally thought.
Long-term history of violence in hunter-gatherer societies uncovered in the Atacama Desert
10,000 years of violent conflict revealed by skeletons, weaponry, and rock art.
Stone age artists carved detailed human and animal tracks in rock art in Namibia
Indigenous trackers could identify the prints’ species, sex and age for 90% of analyzed engravings.
Ancient Neolithic ‘Horn Chamber’ reveals ritual performed in north-west Arabia
Studies detail nature and significance of apparent ceremonial offerings in mustatils, Neolithic structures where deposits of horns and skull parts suggest a sophisticated expression of deeply rooted beliefs.
New ancient ape from Türkiye challenges the story of human origins
Anadoluvius lived almost 9 million years ago and is ancestral to living African apes and humans.
Bronze Age family systems deciphered: Mainz palaeogeneticists analyze a 3,800-year-old extended family
32 individuals from a burial site in the southern Ural region show close kinship relations – only the women came from other areas.
