Evidence from a prehistoric site at the shore of the Dnister river in modern-day Ukraine shows that people living during the ...

Whether for cooking, heating, as a light source or for making tools—it is assumed that fire was essential for the survival of ...

2010), as well as a much higher population density among Upper Paleolithic modern humans compared to Neanderthals (Mellars & French 2011). Conard, N. C. & Bolus, M. Radiocarbon dating the late ...

A new study sheds light on how prehistoric hunter-gatherer populations in Europe coped with climate changes over 12,000 years ago. Led by scientists from the University of Cologne, a team of 25 ...

Ice Age climate shifts triggered major population changes in prehistoric Europe through migration and adaptation.

Theopetra Cave, in Greece, believed to be the oldest human construction on earth, reopened to the public after 9 years of ...

A recent archaeological discovery in Ukraine has rewritten the timeline for when human beings began using ivory to construct ...

Modern scholars believe up to 40 percent of the general population of Upper Paleolithic humans were children or young adults. In some decorated caves, they determined that up to 9% of the ...