Neanderthals
Archaeology
Neanderthals Harvested and Ate Crabs 90,000 Years Ago
Beneath the waves of the Atlantic Ocean, near a Portuguese cave, lies the evidence that Neanderthals were enjoying seafood dinners as far back as 90,000 years ago.
A recent archaeological study has uncovered remnants of brown crab meat in an...
Archaeology
Neanderthal Footprints Found in Spain Could Be 275,000 Years Old
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The first Neanderthal footprints from the Iberian Peninsula discovered last year may have belonged to other members of the genus ‘Homo.’
A little over a year ago, we reported on a large area at the foot of the Asperillo cliff...
Science
Earliest Known Evidence of Cooking Discovered in Israel
Scientists have unearthed at an archaeological site in Israel the earliest known evidence of cooking in the history of the human revolution dating back 780,000 years.
The evidence from a detailed study of fish teeth indicates that a fundamental shift...
Archaeology
50,000 Year Old DNA Provides First-Ever Glimpse of Neanderthal Family
Fifty thousand year old DNA has provided the first-ever glimpse of a Neanderthal family. The remains located in a Siberian cave also revealed the fact that they traveled in small, family-oriented groups.
Researchers were able to take new genetic analysis...
Archaeology
Neanderthals Might Have Been Carnivores, New Study Reveals
In a recently revealed study, our extinct ancestors, the Neanderthals, whose diets have been a topic of debate, were identified to have been carnivores.
The study, led by a French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) scholar, revealed through zinc...
Europe
Humans and Neanderthals Cohabitated in Europe, New Study Finds
Neanderthals and humans cohabitated in Europe for over two thousand years according to a new study. They may have even bred together and exchanged ideas.
This is the finding of Swedish paleogeneticist Svante Paabo, who won the Nobel Prize last...
Archaeology
Crete Footprints Are 6 Million Years Old According to New Evidence
In 2002, researchers who had discovered hominid footprints on the Greek island of Crete discovered they were made an incredible 5.7 million years ago. Now, they say, they are putting back the date even further, making it almost certain...
History
Homo Bodoensis: The New Species of Human Ancestor
Scientists have recently named a new species of human ancestor, Homo bodoensis.
Dr. Mirjana Roksandic of the University of Winnipeg in Canada, led a team of researchers in reanalyzing fossils from Africa and Eurasia to precisely define the new species...
Archaeology
New Study Shows Humans Differ From Neanderthals Due to Growing Brains
A new scientific study suggests that human brains make more neural connections during development, a phenomenon that leads to growing brains and differentiates us from Neanderthals.
Scientists have always pondered what makes humans a special species with some suggesting it's...
Archaeology
40,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Cave Chamber Discovered in Gibraltar
Professor Clive Finlayson, an evolutionary biologist who is the director of the Gibraltar National Museum, recently led a team of experts along the shore of the eponymous Rock, finding a Neanderthal cave that was inhabited long ago.
They ended up...