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Similarities between artifacts found in Lebanon and France suggest Homo sapiens migrants brought tool traditions with them

An international research team led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has for the first time successfully isolated ancient human DNA from a Paleolithic artefact: a pierced deer tooth discovered in Denisova Cave in southern Siberia. To preserve the integrity of the artefact, they developed a new, nondestructive method for isolating DNA from ancient bones and teeth. From the DNA retrieved they were able to reconstruct a precise genetic profile of the woman who used or wore the pendant, as well as of the deer from which the tooth was taken. Genetic date...

One of the earliest and most intriguing forms of human artistic expression is cave art. Let's take a close look at the Chamorro cave art on Guam.

These lesser-known destinations are quieter alternatives to the favourites, offering an equally compelling European experience – and fewer tourists

A carved bone found near Barcelona was used to sew animal skin tens of thousands of years ago, well before the arrival of the needle to Europe