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Artist’s reconstruction of Xigou tool-hafting. Image credit: Hulk Yuan, IVPP.

China’s Xigou Site Yields Evidence of Advanced Stone Tool Technology

3 weeks ago05 mins

Technological innovations in Africa and Western Europe in the later part of the Middle Pleistocene signal the behavioral complexity of hominin populations. Yet, at the same time, it has long been believed that hominin technologies in Eastern Asia lack signs of innovation and sophistication. Archaeologists have now uncovered evidence of technological innovations at the site…

Archaeologists Find Oldest-Known Human-Neanderthal Hybrid

Cs news6 months ago03 mins

In a new study published in the journal l’Anthropologie, scientists have identified the earliest-known example of human interbreeding with Neanderthals. It offers stunning new insight into the ancient peoples, who were apparently mating hundreds of thousands of years before previously thought. Remains Recovered Nearly 100 Years Ago The remains of the five-year-old child were discovered…