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A 700,000-Year-Old Elephant Tooth and a Refuge in Israel
Archaeology
A 700,000-Year-Old Elephant Tooth and a Refuge in Israel
A 700,000-year-old straight-tusked elephant tooth from Gesher Benot Ya'aqov reveals the well-watered valley that sustained early…
Arvind3 min →
Wild Chimps Build Stone Cairns That Echo Human Ritual Sites
Science
Wild Chimps Build Stone Cairns That Echo Human Ritual Sites
A 2016 study documented wild West African chimpanzees repeatedly throwing and banging stones against specific trees,…
Arvind6 min →
Who Made These 160,000-Year-Old Advanced Tools? The Answer Could Change Everything
Archaeology
Who Made These 160,000-Year-Old Advanced Tools? The Answer Could Change Everything
A 160,000-year-old discovery in China reveals advanced stone tools that may not have been made by…
Andrew Whitman4 min →
Neanderthal Mountaineers: How Portable Toolkits Reveal Our Ancestors’ Alpine Savvy
Archaeology
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…
Andrew Whitman5 min →
60,000-Year-Old Mystery: Neanderthal-Like Tools Unearthed in China
Archaeology
60,000-Year-Old Mystery: Neanderthal-Like Tools Unearthed in China
A 60,000-year-old toolkit discovered in China closely resembles Neanderthal tools from Europe—raising major questions about migration…
Mini Sharma4 min →
1.4-Million-Year-Old Fossil Face Fragments Rewrite the Timeline of Human Arrival in Western Europe
Archaeology
1.4-Million-Year-Old Fossil Face Fragments Rewrite the Timeline of Human Arrival in Western Europe
A 1.4-million-year-old fossil discovered in Spain's Sima del Elefante cave reveals the earliest known human face…
Mini Sharma3 min →