“Until now, the phenotypic diversity among European hunter-gatherers was only known from a small number of fossils and was thought to be fairly homogeneous,” said Dr. Maïté Rivollat, lead geneticist ...

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 ...

A DNA study has not only clarified the picture of how different groups intermingled during the European Stone Age, but also how certain groups of people were actually isolated. Scientists at Uppsala ...

VIENNA, AUSTRIA—According to a Live Science report, European hunter-gatherers traversed the Mediterranean Sea in primitive boats and visited North Africa much earlier than previously thought. A new ...

Researchers say they have found 'definitive' archaeological evidence that seaweeds and other local freshwater plants were eaten in the mesolithic, through the Neolithic transition to farming and into ...

A new analysis using three-dimensional technology solves the enigma of the Hahnöfersand frontal bone, finally dated to 7,500 years and not 36,000 as initially believed A new study now published in the ...