An ancient pyre in a Malawi cave reveals the world's oldest adult cremation, offering a rare glimpse into early African ...

A stone wall discovered deep inside Theopetra Cave in central Greece may be the oldest surviving human-built structure ever uncovered, archaeologists have revealed. Estimated to be over 23,000 years ...

Discoveries ranging from the oldest known example of human mummification to first deliberate use of fire by people were made ...

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Prehistoric cave painting of two Sulawesi warty pigs, Leang Tedongnge Cave, Sulawesi, Indonesia. At least 45,000 years old, ...

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

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Evidence of a hearth dating to about 415,000 years ago Researchers think that Neanderthals were responsible Discovery made near the village of Barnham in Suffolk Dec 10 (Reuters) - Scientists have ...

Early humans may have feasted on Neanderthal children 45,000 years ago, according to a grisly new study. Researchers have ...

Dec 10 (Reuters) - Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans in the English county of Suffolk - a hearth apparently made by Neanderthals about 415,000 ...