Paleolithic era

40,000-Year-Old Multi-Compound Glue Suggests Neanderthals Were Smarter Than We Thought

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Neanderthals

40,000-Year-Old Multi-Compound Glue Suggests Neanderthals Were Smarter Than We Thought Researchers have discovered stone tools bound together by a multi-component adhesive, providing further substantiation of the intellectual capacity of Neanderthals. These artifacts represent the oldest known evidence of a complex adhesive in Europe, implying that these precursors to contemporary humans exhibited a more advanced level … Read more

Oldest Known Spearthrowers Found At 31,000-Year-Old Archaeological Site Of Maisières-Canal

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Spearthrowers Found

Oldest Known Spearthrowers Found At 31,000-Year-Old Archaeological Site Of Maisières-Canal Archaeologists in Belgium have demonstrated that spearthrowers were used for launching projectiles armed with tanged flint points at the Early Upper Paleolithic site of Maisières-Canal around 31,000 years ago. Humans have been hunter-gatherers for most of our past, but scientists still lack knowledge about what … Read more

New evidence of plant food processing in Italy during Neanderthal-to-Homo sapiens period

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New evidence of plant food processing in Italy during Neanderthal-to-Homo sapiens period Long before the invention of agriculture, humans already knew how to process cereals and other wild plants into a flour suitable for food—and now there’s new evidence they did so long before scientists was previously thought. Published in Quaternary Science Reviews, an Italian-led study … Read more

Bone tool found in Spain suggests prehistoric tailoring existed 40,000 years ago

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Bone tool found in Spain suggests prehistoric tailoring existed 40,000 years ago Almost 40,000 years ago, some of the earliest modern humans to settle in Spain wanted to strut their stuff in lovely fitted outfits that showed their charms. No throwing some lousy pelts over the shoulder that would make them look fat – that’s … Read more

9,000-year-old “Cheddar Man” Shares The Same DNA With English Teacher Of History

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Cheddar Man

9,000-year-old “Cheddar Man” Shares The Same DNA With English Teacher Of History When Adrian Targett, a retired history teacher from Somerset, walked into his local newsagents yesterday morning, he was startled to see a familiar face staring up at him. That face, appearing on the front page of several newspapers, belonged to a distant relative … Read more