#Prehistoric

Joseph Shavit

Early man's food choices discovered through prehistoric pot residue

To reconstruct the cookery of people who lived thousands of years ago, bones and plant remains can tell us which ingredients were available

Joseph Shavit

Experts name new species of human ancestor

This species lived in Africa during the Middle Pleistocene, around half a million years ago, and was the direct ancestor of modern humans.

Joseph Shavit

Humans did not cause woolly mammoths to go extinct—climate change did: study

For five million years, woolly mammoths roamed the earth until they vanished for good nearly 4,000 years ago - scientists finally proved why

Joseph Shavit

Earliest bone tools to produce clothing found in Morocco -- 120,000 years old

The study provides strong evidence for the manufacture of clothing as far back as 120,000 years ago.

Joseph Shavit

New discovery reveals what may be first example of art in the world

An international collaboration has identified what may be the oldest work of art, a sequence of hand and footprints discovered in Tibet.

Joseph Shavit

DNA analysis shows prehistoric humans mated with their cousins far less than modern man

Today, more than 10 percent of all global marriages occur among first or second cousins. Ancient humans rarely chose their cousins as mates.