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Prehistoric artifacts from Israel prove our ancestors made art 100,000 years ago
By
Rossella Tercatin
New study shows Middle Paleolithic people intentionally decorated stone tools, offering evidence that abstract thinking began earlier than 50,000 years ago as previously believed
February 10, 2025, 9:31 am
Prehistoric artifacts from Israel prove our ancestors made art 100,000 years ago
New study shows Middle Paleolithic people intentionally decorated stone tools, offering evidence that abstract thinking began earlier than 50,000 years ago as previously believed
By
Rossella Tercatin
October 3, 2022, 1:57 pm
Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to Swedish evolutionary scientist
Svante Paabo, whose research showed genetic mixing between humans and Neanderthals and Denisovans, to receive nearly $900,000
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ToI Staff
February 10, 2022, 6:49 am
Homo sapiens and Neanderthals alternately lived in the same cave, study says
Archaeologists in France say modern humans arrived in Europe 54,000 years ago, earlier than previously thought
By
Pierre CELERIER
June 24, 2021, 9:01 pm
Fossils found in Israel are ‘last survivors’ of ‘missing’ type of extinct humans
Researchers say ‘Nesher Ramla Homo’ may have lived alongside Homo sapiens for over 100,000 years, and may have interbred with our species
By
CHRISTINA LARSON
June 18, 2021, 10:08 am
Podcast: 50,000 years ago, early man and Neanderthals had their first date
Israel Antiquities Authority prehistorian Omry Barzilai puts a human face on early man, who he claims evidence shows was a lot like us
By
ToI Staff
June 14, 2021, 10:37 pm
Prehistoric man lived with and loved Neanderthals in the Negev 50,000 years ago
Using precision carbon dating and secure archaeological contexts, researchers have proof for the first time of when the two cultures overlapped — and where
By
Amanda Borschel-Dan
April 13, 2020, 2:55 am
Oldest known string upends assumptions on Neanderthal intelligence
Archaeologists discover 40-50,000-year-old cord in France, suggesting ancient hominids had some understanding of numbers, use of tree fibers
By
Malcolm Ritter
February 20, 2020, 6:21 pm
New evidence points to Neanderthal burial rituals
Skeletal remains found in Iraqi cave give credence to theory that humans’ ancient relatives interred their dead, and even left flowers by their side
By
ToI Staff
December 8, 2019, 3:18 pm
Israeli reconstruction of ancient human face finalist for ‘Breakthrough of Year’
Hebrew University researchers’ genetic analysis of Denisovans, cousins to Neanderthals, one of four ‘people’s choice’ finalists for recognition by prestigious Science magazine
By
Amanda Borschel-Dan
and
ToI Staff
November 5, 2019, 5:18 pm
Ancient teeth show some early humans came to Israel from Europe 40,000 years ago
New Tel Aviv University study attempts to put to rest an ongoing debate over when, and from which direction, the elusive, artistic Aurignacian culture was brought to the Levant
By
Amanda Borschel-Dan
October 24, 2019, 9:12 pm
Upending wisdom, Stone Age pre-humans traveled Mediterranean 200,000 years ago
Findings in Greece could rewrite accepted narrative of how early humans reached Europe; study’s authors raise possibility that pre-sapien hominins used boats
By
Luke Tress
September 19, 2019, 6:03 pm
Meet the Denisovans: High-tech gene analysis finally gives ancient humans a face
Breakthrough Hebrew University methodology studies ancient DNA’s expression to determine physical characteristics of our extinct prehistoric relatives
By
Amanda Borschel-Dan
June 28, 2019, 11:13 am
Neanderthals in Israel lived in open camps, not only caves, 50,000 years ago
Hebrew University team says prehistoric humans near present-day Haifa used camp site as ‘home base’ for 10,000 years
By
ToI Staff
May 29, 2019, 5:04 pm
Prehistoric humans near today’s Tel Aviv began recycling tools 400,000 years ago
Tel Aviv U. study shows a uniquely adaptable species of cave-dwelling early humans used upcycling to innovate in face of major challenges, thrive for 200,000 years
By
Amanda Borschel-Dan
December 26, 2018, 1:51 pm
6 archaeology stories from 2018 that made me rethink my world
Who knew? Archaeology is therapy; maybe a meteor destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah; there are still new Dead Sea Scrolls treasures to decipher; and the mighty louse is a wonder
By
Amanda Borschel-Dan
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