A newly identified Paleolithic culture in northern China reveals unique stone tools and early ochre processing dating back ...

Chinese archaeologists have uncovered a 12,000-year-old Paleolithic site at an unprecedented altitude of over 4,300 meters on ...

Scientists recently discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making by humans — and it’s far older than scholars previously believed.

Using a specially developed simulation model, researchers at the University of Cologne have traced and analyzed the dynamics ...

For many years, scientists thought early humans first learned to make fire on purpose about 50,000 years ago. This idea came mostly from Neanderthal sites in France. Now, new proof from eastern ...

CHENGDU -- Chinese archaeologists have uncovered a significant Paleolithic site at an unprecedented altitude on the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, offering fresh insights into early human migration ...

Neandertal remains in Northern Europe has revealed evidence of selective cannibalism targeting Neandertal females and ...

Archaeologist Paula García Medrano, researcher at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), ...

A study by the CENIEH shows how the human groups that occupied this French site 400,000 years ago combined diverse knapping methods with early ...

Researchers spent four years analyzing to rule out natural wildfires. Geochemical tests showed temperatures had exceeded 700 degrees Celsius.

The expression of symbolic behavior, such as drawing, dates back to Paleolithic societies. Alongside modern humans (Homo ...