Little Known Neanderthal Technology Examined – Turning Bones Into Tools
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Were anatomically modern humans the only ones who knew how to turn bone into tools? A discovery by an international team at the Chez-Pinaud-Jonzac Neanderthal site settles the question. Published in PLOS ONE, it sheds light on a little known aspect of Neanderthal technology. From 45,000 years ago onwards, anatomically modern humans were […]
Major Breakthrough: 1.4-Million-Year-Old Bones Discovered In Spain Rewrite History Of Human Evolution In Europe
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists excavating in Northern Spain have made an extraordinary discovery that they define as a breakthrough capable of rewriting the history of human evolution in Europe. At the caves of the Sierra de Atapuerca near Burgos, scientists unearthed facial bones that are 1.4-million-year-old. These are the oldest human fossils ever […]