Neanderthal Mountaineers: How Portable Toolkits Reveal Our Ancestors’ Alpine Savvy
New research in the Italian Alps reveals Neanderthals were skilled mountaineers who carried pre-made toolkits into high-altitude caves for planned, transient stays.
Tag: ancient survival
Tiny Human Ancestor Found: 2-Million-Year-Old Fossil Shows Signs of Leopard Attack
A 2-million-year-old Paranthropus robustus fossil found in South Africa’s Swartkrans cave reveals a remarkably small adult hominin, possibly killed by a leopard.