Scientists have unraveled a mystery about the disappearance of dwarf hippos and elephants that once roamed the picturesque ...

After analyzing 13 skeletons from Russia, Czechia, and Italy, a new study provides “the first direct evidence for puberty” in ...

An analysis of around a dozen teenagers who lived during the Paleolithic reveals that they hit puberty around the same time ...

Imagine growing up beside the eastern Mediterranean Sea 14,000 years ago. You're an accomplished sailor of the small ...

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Why study Paleolithic technology? What can old stone tools, ancient fire pits, and painted cave walls tell us about our evolutionary past? Humans occupy a rarified position in the modern world.

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Romito 2 was mid-way through puberty, with a deeper voice and the ability to have children, he likely still looked youthful.

ZHAO RUIXUE/CHINA DAILY Prior to discovering Bashan, archaeologists from the Shandong Institute of Cultural Relics and ...

2008). Aurignacian: An early Upper Paleolithic archaeological culture found throughout Europe and western Eurasia, which dates to 30–35,000 years ago. It is characterized by retouched tools made ...

A discovery made in the cave of La Garma (Cantabria, north of Spain) has shed new light on the hunting techniques used by our ...