Neanderthals
Neanderthal children in central Europe may have hunted turtles for materials, not for food - study
The study also floated the possibility that the turtles had been hunted for “their taste or for an assumed medicinal value.”
Neanderthals who lived in Siberian cave millenia apart were distant relatives, study finds
'Fat factories': Neanderthals orchestrated massive elephant kills 125,000 years ago
Study: Neanderthal-human interbreeding mostly male Neanderthals, female humans
Human hand outline may be oldest rock art in the world, researchers say
The 67,800-year-old reddish-colored stenciled image has become faded over time and is barely visible on a cave wall, but nonetheless embodies an early achievement of human creativity.
Oldest-known fire-making found in Britain, pushing Neanderthal mastery back 415,000 years
"We think humans brought pyrite to the site with the intention of making fire. And this has huge implications, pushing back the earliest fire-making," said archaeologist Nick Ashton.
Neanderthals were selectively targeted for cannibalism in Ice Age Europe, study reveals - study
Research focused on human remains found at the Troisième caverne of Goyet, a cave site in present-day Belgium that contains one of the largest known assemblages of Neanderthal bones in northern EU.
Crimean Neanderthal ochre crayon reveals earliest symbolic artistry
The shaped and reused crayons, engraved patterns, and tool marks suggest that some ochre materials were intentionally used for symbolic activities.
Kenyan find narrows Australopithecus-Neanderthal gap, reshaping 2M years of hand evolution
Dated to about 1.5 million years ago, the bones display a long robust thumb, short fingers and a mobile little finger, hinting at tool use and precision grips beyond the genus Homo.
Older than Neanderthal rites? New papers double down on the Homo naledi burial hypothesis
Researchers say remains of at least 15 individuals in the Rising Star cave were deliberately placed and quickly covered by sediments, countering claims of accidental deposition.
Neanderthal diversity: Iberian Neanderthals handled the dead with cave deposits, not graves
Archaeological study reveals systematic accumulations of Neanderthal remains in Iberian caves, indicating intentional mortuary practices distinct from burial traditions documented in other regions.
Mystery at Petralona Cave: 286,000-year-old skull near Thessaloniki upends the human family tree
Buried for hundreds of thousands of years, the Petralona cranium finally reveals its ancient secret.
Earliest proof of Neanderthals, Homo sapiens interbreeding discovered by Israeli archaeologists
Discovered approximately 90 years ago, the fossil was reanalyzed using advanced micro-CT scanning and 3D modeling.
Neanderthals ate maggots from rotting meat, new research finds
Melanie Beasley, a researcher at Purdue University, stated, "Large quantities of larvae were available, they are easy to collect, and they are rich in nutrients."