The researchers tested the tar against Staphylococcus aureus, a major cause of skin infections, and Escherichia coli, a ...

Neanderthals may have used birch tar for more than tools. New research shows it could slow bacteria and help protect wounds.

New findings show that they systematically managed resources and reveal what they hunted, something even scientists did not expect.

Neumark-Nord in northeastern Germany was a lake landscape in the last interglacial period. It is rich in archaeological finds discovered during lignite mining. The area in Saxony-Anhalt is one of the ...

Neanderthals are reexamined through evidence that challenges long-standing myths about intelligence, posture, speech, empathy, diet, parenting, art, and burial practices. Early reconstructions based ...

A new study shows Neanderthals may have planned hunts for giant elephants using teamwork and knowledge of their environment.

The study's findings indicate that these giant elephants were not stationary creatures. Strontium isotope analyses, which act as a "travel diary" preserved in tooth enamel, showed that some ...

65,000 years ago Neanderthal from the Swabian Jura hunted horses and reindeer with hafted leaf-shaped stone points. A newly discovered leaf point from the UNESCO World Heritage site of Hohle Fels Cave ...

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Archaeologists unearthed a sealed chamber in Gibraltar's Vanguard Cave. This untouched space, sealed for 40,000 years, preserves a unique glimpse into Neanderthal survival. Animal remains and a whelk ...

Learn more about the ancient fossils found at Neumark-Nord and what they reveal about the relationship between migrating ...

Hunted by Neanderthals, giant elephants travelled hundreds of miles across Europe - Human ancestors hunted large prey in ...