Middle Paleolithic
Middle Paleolithic is a designation for ancient technologies found in Eurasia. Middle Paleolithic industries are generally based on Levallois stone reduction methods. Large cutting tools like handaxes are rare in Middle Paleolithic assemblages, while points—often hafted onto spears—are common. African assemblages with similar characteristics are generally known as Middle Stone Age, although the two terms are not precisely equivalent.
Bison bones show butchery practices 400,000 years ago
In the Gran Dolina cave site, ancient people left a bone bed of bison killed in two seasons and butchered at the site with expedient tools.
Neandertals hunted dangerous prey. How they killed them.
With deep experience in the hunt, Neandertals could anticipate the behavior of many of the most dangerous prey animals.
Different transport strategies for different large prey species at Abric Romaní
Interpreting the record of prey exploitation at a rock shelter site over thousands of years provides a window into past economics.
Did Neandertals live at or above the Arctic Circle?
Examining work by Ludovic Slimak and coworkers on the Byzovaya site, with Mousterian artifacts near the Arctic Circle in Russia.
What is the temporal bone from Darra-i-Kur, Afghanistan?
A bone from a historic excavation in Afghanistan raises the topic of genetic reanalysis of fragmentary fossils.
