One of the most enduring questions in anthropology is why Neanderthals, our closest extinct human relatives, completely ...

Imagine stumbling upon a single fragment of a finger bone in a remote Siberian cave, only to realize it unlocks the story of ...

Around 41,000 years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a chaotic shift that temporarily weakened the planet’s natural ...

Additionally, ancient humans may have ramped up their use of ochre. This naturally occurring pigment is composed of iron ...

The exact mechanisms behind the differences in facial features between Neanderthals and modern humans are still not fully understood. This gap in knowledge has inspired researchers from the Max Planck ...

Ingrida Domarkienė, a geneticist at Vilnius University in Lithuania, discusses the exciting developments made possible by ...

The story of how Earth’s magnetic field once collapsed, solar radiation went wild, and humans adapted with prehistoric ...

Even at sites like Nesher Ramla, where the fossils resemble Neanderthals more than modern humans, the cultural artifacts—especially the tools—mirror those found at Tinshemet and Qafzeh.

Ancient Homo sapiens may have benefited from sunscreen, tailored clothes and the use of caves during the shifting of the ...

About 41,000 years ago, Homo sapiens may have survived increased solar radiation caused by a weakening magnetic field by ...