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A team of scientists theorize that a kite-shaped stone found on the coast of South Africa was intentionally shaped to resemble an endemic blue stingray species.

Archaeologists believe it could be the oldest animal sculpture in history

New research suggests that the risk of Europeans developing diseases such as multiple sclerosis and Alzheimers stems from ancient human migrations.

Patterns of so-called modern human behavior are increasingly well documented in an abundance of Middle Stone Age archaeological sites across southern Africa. Contextualized archives directly preceding the southern African Middle Stone Age, however, remain scarce. Current understanding of the terminal Acheulean in southern Africa derives from a small number of localities that are predominantly in the central and northern interior. Many of these localities are surface and deflated contexts, others...

A new study suggests that the earliest shoes might have been worn 150,000 years ago, as indicated by fossilized imprints resembling shoe tracks.

A study of modern hunter-gatherer groups by the University of Cambridge suggests that our Stone Age ancestors may have given their children better childcare than we do today.

Analysis of more than 300 sets of skeletal remains suggest that dozens of individuals may have been casualties of the earliest period of warfare in Europe.

A recent report showed that early humans could have worn footwear during the Middle Stone Age, or about 75,000 years ago. They likely wore flip-flops to protect their foot. Read here.

During the nineteenth century, a hidden cavern containing over twenty pairs of ancient sandals and various wooden tools, such as baskets and a mace, was discovered. The site where the archaeological remains were uncovered is called

Europes oldest shoes have been discovered remarkably well-preserved after lying inside a Spanish bat cave for more than 6,000 years.