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Neanderthals in Spain May Have Made Wooden Spears Known Only From Mineral Casts
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Neanderthals in Spain May Have Made Wooden Spears Known Only From Mineral Casts
At Abric Romaní near Barcelona, Neanderthals may have made wooden spears up to about 2.5 metres…
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80,000-Year-Old Arrowheads May Rewrite Sapiens’ Route to Europe
Archaeology
80,000-Year-Old Arrowheads May Rewrite Sapiens’ Route to Europe
Tiny 80,000-year-old projectile points from Uzbekistan's Obi-Rakhmat rock shelter closely match weapons made by Homo sapiens…
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30 Years Inside El Mirón Cave Rewrites 40,000 Years of Human History
Archaeology
30 Years Inside El Mirón Cave Rewrites 40,000 Years of Human History
For 30 years, archaeologists have been excavating El Mirón Cave in Cantabrian Spain. Their new synthesis…
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Payre Fossils Show Neanderthals Actively Evolved Over Time
Archaeology
Payre Fossils Show Neanderthals Actively Evolved Over Time
Nine fossil teeth from the Payre cave site in southeastern France, analyzed using micro-CT and geometric…
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Before Mesopotamia: The 40,000-Year-Old Cave Signs That Rewrote the History of Writing
Archaeology
Before Mesopotamia: The 40,000-Year-Old Cave Signs That Rewrote the History of Writing
A landmark 2026 PNAS study has found that signs carved onto 260 Ice Age artifacts from…
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Archaeologists Uncover Iran’s Oldest Neanderthal Site in Ghamari Cave
Archaeology
Archaeologists Uncover Iran’s Oldest Neanderthal Site in Ghamari Cave
Archaeologists uncover Neanderthal habitation evidence in Iran’s Ghamari Cave, dating back 80,000 years. Discover how this…
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