For decades, the prevailing narrative about prehistoric societies painted a picture of men as hunters and women as gatherers. This simple division was long considered foundational to our understanding ...

Before weapons, cities, or organized defense, early humans lived in a world where predators dominated the landscape. Large cats, pack hunters, and other deadly animals posed a constant threat to ...

Early humans in England used elephant bone to sharpen stone tools, revealing advanced planning, material knowledge, and ...

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material could be ...

“For over a hundred years, it was hypothesized that our ancestors lived in grassland savannahs and that this major ecosystem change drove human evolution, including the origins of bipedalism and ...

The earliest hominins in Europe shared their environment with large mammals and elephants were some of the largest animals ever to exist on Earth. Elephants weighed around ten thousand kilograms ...

Butchering an elephant is an extraordinarily difficult feat, requiring serious tools and cooperation, with the reward being a protein bonanza. Now a team of researchers led by Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo ...