These 430,000-year-old wooden tools from Greece are a rare find and provide a glimpse at the technical know-how of our early ...
The "very rare" find provides an extraordinary glimpse into the ingenuity of early human relatives who lived around half a ...
The origins of whaling are highly debated. Now, some of the earliest signs of active whale hunting have appeared somewhere unexpected: southern Brazil.
When Neanderthals in Italy were crossing the Alps, it's likely they took refuge in high-altitude bear caves. A new study of ...
The team analyzed 10 arrowheads, dated to 60,000 years ago, that were found in excavated soil layers from the Umhlatuzana rock shelter in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Through targeted microchemical ...
Across the world, certain animals have evolved poisons powerful enough to deter even the strongest predators. These toxins serve as defense mechanisms, hunting tools, or survival strategies shaped ...
The findings reveal that humans were using sophisticated hunting tools thousands of years before previously thought Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a ...
This makes the specimens the oldest known use of poisonous arrows on earth The study’s authors said the findings provide new insight into the cognitive abilities of early humans Scientist have found ...