Early man

. . Neanderthal remains dating back 230,000 years have been found at Pontnewydd Cave, ...

Gibraltar Museum researchers Clive Finlayson and Kimberly Brown studied bird bones found at European sites - and found that bird wings containing large feathers had regularly been chopped and carved by the inhabitants.

Yes ladies and gents, researchers have produced the whole genome sequence of the 3 billion "letters" (nucleotides) in the Neanderthalian genome, and the results are interesting to say the least. For starters, up to 2

Thousands of years ago, the Earth was a very different place. The northern part of the world was covered by thick sheets of ice; the animals were far larger than any we have ever seen, and they were covered in long wooly hair that afforded them...

Language expert suggests Homo erectus learned to speak early in mankind's history, enabling them to cross oceans

Have students try these activities to expand their knowledge and interest in World’s Early People. Language Arts Life was very different for early Homo sapiens than it is for us today. Have students write short stories or poems that describe and characterize the experiences of early humans, from hunting and gathering to playing and interacting

Palaeolithic Cave Settlement of Neanderthal Man, about 70,000 BC; by Gino D-™Achille, about 1980. Based on excavations at Pontnewydd Cave, Denbighshire. ...

From hiccups to wisdom teeth, the evolution of man has left behind some glaring, yet innately human, imperfections

A fascinating new study chronicles the family histories of European Bronze Age households, revealing the presence of surprising marital practices,