Ancient DNA Study Rewrites Origins of Europe’s First Dogs
Scientists have extracted and analyzed DNA from 216 canid remains, including 181 from Paleolithic and Mesolithic Europe. The…
Neanderthals May Have Used Birch Tar as Natural Antibiotic
New experiments show that tar made from birch bark — long known as a tool adhesive — can…
First radiocarbon dating of ancient art in France’s Dordogne caverns
For the first time, researchers have directly measured the age of the ancient artwork on the walls of…
How Fearsome Wolves Became Loyal Dogs — and Changed Human History Forever
The dog diverged from a now-extinct population of wolves 27,000–40,000 years ago, before or during the Last Glacial…
Oldest Blue Pigment In Europe Might Have Been Stone Age Make-Up
Both Neanderthals and early Homo Sapiens created art. Their cave paintings from the early Stone Age have been…
Archaeologists Find Traces of Blue Pigment on 13,000-Year-Old Stone Artifact in Germany
Blue pigments are absent in Paleolithic art. This has been ascribed to a lack of naturally occurring blue…
Ancient sloth bone from Uruguay shows signs of possible human-inflicted trauma 33,000 years ago
Researchers have discovered evidence of human interaction with megafauna considerably earlier than the widely accepted arrival of humans…
11,500-year-old tools on Isle of Skye reveal Scotland’s earliest human settlements
Archaeologists have uncovered ancient stone tools on the Isle of Skye that shed new light on Scotland’s oldest…