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Complex fiber and wood technologies of the first Great Basin peoples
From Cougar Mountain Cave and Paisley Caves, Oregon, come remarkably preserved examples of perishable materials.
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A Neanderthal time capsule from Grotta Guattari
Excavations of a new chamber reveal an ancient floor with more than a dozen new Neanderthal fossil remains.
Feb 8
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What the heck are chins for?
A human characteristic that remains an enduring evolutionary enigma.
Feb 4
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Tracing the wave of Neanderthal-modern interactions
A rapid expansion of modern people ran into Neanderthals and mixed with them nearly to the ends of their range.
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Rock art may be far older than modern humans in Sulawesi
Dating of a panel with two handprints puts their production sometime before 68,000 years ago.
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A shorter, sharper Out-of-Africa story is emerging
Sep 18, 2025
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Top 10 discoveries about ancient people from DNA in 2025
Dec 19, 2025
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How archaeologists are missing Pleistocene cultures
Jul 24, 2025
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The gene from Denisovan to Neanderthal to modern mucus
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A deep record of unknown hominins from Sulawesi
A cave known as Leang Bulu Bettue provides a record from the Middle Pleistocene across the arrival of modern people.
Jan 18
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Fossils from the Grotte à Hominidés, Morocco, and crossroads of human evolution
Jaws, teeth, and a hyena-chewed femur may be close to the common ancestor of Neanderthals, Denisovans, and modern people.
Jan 9
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A possible archaic human from Borneo
The find of a single tooth from Gua Danang may be the first evidence of the archaic inhabitants of the island.
Dec 28, 2025
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Top 10 discoveries about ancient people from DNA in 2025
In a year full of Denisovan discoveries, I look at some of the top highlights of research.
Dec 19, 2025
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Sparking ancient fires
New research helps to show the challenges of documenting ancient firemaking
Dec 11, 2025
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Bringing emotional cognition to deep time
In a new article, my coauthors and I draw upon cognitive science to draw out archaeological traces of ancient social lives
Dec 2, 2025
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What explains the long stasis of Oldowan sites?
A new study reveals a 300,000 year record of toolmaking near the eastern shore of Lake Turkana
Nov 21, 2025
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