For a long time, the Neanderthals were regarded as functional, survival-minded humans who possessed the capabilities of ...

In 1994 an incredible set of spears and other weapons were found on the site of Schoningen in Germany. These weapons were studied at the time and experts suggested that they were around 400,000 year ...

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...

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When Neanderthals in Italy were crossing the Alps, it's likely they took refuge in high-altitude bear caves. A new study of ...

65,000 years ago Neanderthal from the Swabian Jura hunted horses and reindeer with hafted leaf-shaped stone points. A newly discovered leaf point from the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hohle Fels Cave ...

Clues from studies of ancient plants and animals have helped archaeologists pin down where the last Neanderthals found refuge ...

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