Hunter-gatherers

Discoveries 30,000-year-old woman’s DNA links ancestry between eastern and western Europe

Ancient DNA reveals connections between Ice Age European groups, while cave sediment traces the survival of western ancestry through a major cold period.

Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Spanish rock shelter preserves rare evidence of Neanderthal woodworking Joshua Shavit

Discoveries Ice Age spears reveal how America’s earliest hunters learned to survive Joseph Shavit

Health 25,000-year-old teeth may reveal the world’s earliest evidence of drug use Joshua Shavit

Health Plague was killing hunter-gatherers 5,500 years ago, long before cities Hannah Shavit-Weiner