In a field in eastern England, scientists have found proof that humans made fire a long time ago. This is the oldest proof ever found. The proof includes baked earth, broken flint axes, and two pieces of pyrite. Pyrite is a type of stone that can make sparks. This shows that early humans, likely Nea
Near a lake in present-day Germany, a group of Neanderthals set up a clever system to get fat from animal bones. They smashed bones with stone tools and boiled them to get the fat. This was not a one-time thing. It happened over 300 years. They did this to avoid a dangerous condition called protein
Imagine a world 45, 000 years ago, where small groups of humans, dressed in fur-lined clothing, roamed the chilly European tundra. These early Europeans, known as the Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician (LRJ) people, left behind clues about their lives through fossilized remains and distinctive stone
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute have made an exciting discovery. They found that some of the earliest modern humans in Europe had a surprising connection to Neanderthals. These humans, from sites in the Czech Republic and Germany, were part of a small group that moved across Europe around 4
