For a long time, the Neanderthals were regarded as functional, survival-minded humans who possessed the capabilities of ...

When Neanderthals in Italy were crossing the Alps, it's likely they took refuge in high-altitude bear caves. A new study of ...

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...

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To read about tools found in the Swiss Alps that hunter-gatherers made more than 8,000 years ago, go to " Alpine Crystal Hunters ." ...

High-altitude mountain passes were not the kind of place to sleep out in the open during the Ice Age, and Neanderthals couldn ...

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 ...

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