15000-Year-Old Rock Art ‘Sanctuary’ Uncovered in Spanish Cave (Ancient Origins 02/13/20)
In the autonomous region of Catalonia, Spain, archaeologists have uncovered a treasure trove of prehistoric rock art that is around 15,000 years old
La Fundación Palarq es una entidad privada y sin ánimo de lucro que se crea con la finalidad de apoyar las Misiones en Arqueología y Paleontología Humana Españolas en el extranjero, excluyendo Europa, dentro de una perspectiva que abarca desde la etapa paleontológica a las épocas prehistóricas y las históricas en interés monumental
How did the last Neanderthals live? (BBC News 01/29/20)
In many ways, the last surviving Neanderthals are a mystery. But four caves in Gibraltar have given an unprecedented insight into what their lives might have been like.
A massacre of early Neolithic farmers in the high Pyrenees at Els Trocs, Spain (Nature 02/07/20)
At the site of Els Trocs in the Spanish Pyrenees, rivalling groups of either migrating early farmers or farmers and indigenous hunter-gatherers collided violently around 5300 BCE.
This 7,000-year-old well is the oldest wooden structure ever discovered, archaeologists say (CNN 02/04/20)
(CNN): Archaeologists have discovered a 7,000-year-old Neolithic well in eastern Europe, which they believe is the oldest wooden structure in the world.
A new genetic analysis reveals that modern Africans have some Neandertal DNA too ( Science News 01/31/20)
Africans today possess more Neandertal ancestry than previously thought, a new analysis shows, though still not as much as most people outside of Africa.
Stone Tools Reveal Epic Trek of Nomadic Neanderthals (Ancient Origins 01/29/20)
We reveal another in our new study of the Neanderthals who lived in Chagyrskaya Cave in southern Siberia around 54,000 years ago.
Ancient DNA from West Africa Adds to Picture of Humans’ Rise (The New York times 01/22/20)
From a burial site in Cameroon, archaeologists recovered human genetic material dating as far back as 8,000 years.
PREHISTORIC HUMANS ATE BONE MARROW LIKE CANNED SOUP 400,000 YEARS AGO (Archaeology World 01/16/20)
A new study has found that prehistoric humans have preserved bone marrow in their caves for up to nine weeks as a soup pot.
Homo erectus arrived in Indonesia 300,000 years later than previously thought (ScienceNews 01/09/20)
Homo erectus reached the Indonesian island of Java some 300,000 years later than many researchers have assumed, a new study finds.
170,000-Year-Old Human Diet Contained Roast Vegetables (Ancient Origins 01/03/20)
New research focused on the roasted remnants of rootstalks found in a Lebombo Mountain cave in South Africa suggests early humans brought the plants to the cave to feed to their young and old.