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 ...

Long ago, when elephants roamed Europe, Neanderthals were running a deeply complex, bone-crushing operation. To get their hands on much-needed fats and protein, they carefully followed the movements ...

The analysis of fossilized molars from four specimens of Palaeoloxodon antiquus, the largest terrestrial mammal of the ...

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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 ...

Though the assembly line is largely credited to Henry Ford in 1913, humans understood the mass production practice long ...

Scientists discovered a 125,000-year-old Neanderthal site in Germany where thousands of animal bones were crushed to extract fat, revealing surprisingly advanced survival strategies.

New research shows that humans left their mark on the landscape through hunting and the use of fire tens of thousands of years before the advent of agriculture. The research paints a new picture of ...

Neanderthals became known as carnivores because of their hunting, but scientists now say this is inaccurate - Science History/Alamy Neanderthals loved eating maggots and were not the total carnivores ...