• April 1

  Ancient people in East Asia were more dynamic than previously thought

  

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  The discovery of a stone tool production technique never before seen in East Asia has revealed...

  The discovery of a stone tool production technique never before seen in East Asia has revealed that ancient people in the region experienced more cultural change than previously believed. Middle Palaeolithic finds in other parts of the world point to key developments in ancient human technology and behaviour. The Middle Palaeolithic is the second subdivision […]

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• March 11

  Neanderthal, modern human interactions 100,000 years ago included cultural exchange

  

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  Finds from a cave dating to the Middle Palaeolithic have reshaped archaeologists’ understanding of how early...

  Finds from a cave dating to the Middle Palaeolithic have reshaped archaeologists’ understanding of how early modern humans and Neanderthals interacted. Several human burials have been discovered at Tinshemet Cave in central Israel. The ancient burials, belonging to both Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, date to between 130,000 and 80,000 years ago. Analysis of remains from […]

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• February 14

  Gruesome evidence of ancient human cannibalism in Poland 18,000 years ago

  

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  An archaeological site at the Maszycka Cave in southern Poland reveals ancient burial rituals of late...

  An archaeological site at the Maszycka Cave in southern Poland reveals ancient burial rituals of late Ice Age humans, including dissection and cannibalism. The researchers suggest that this could be linked to violence between groups of ancient humans at the end of the last Ice Age. Upper Palaeolithic (50,000–12,000 years ago) human remains were first discovered […]

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