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Sulawesi art: Animal painting found in cave is 44,000 years old
20 Mar 2026
A painting discovered on the wall of an Indonesian cave has been found to be 44,000 years old.

The art appears to show a buffalo being hunted by part-human, part-animal creatures holding spears and possibly ropes.
Children’s graves reveal genetic diversity of ancient West Africa
20 Mar 2026
Remains from an ancient gravesite in Cameroon have opened a window into the world of the people who lived in western central Africa before farming and herding became widespread.
Early modern humans cooked starchy food in South Africa, 170,000 years ago
20 Mar 2026
"The inhabitants of the Border Cave in the Lebombo Mountains on the Kwazulu-Natal/eSwatini border were cooking starchy plants 170 thousand years ago," says Professor Lyn Wadley, a scientist from the Wits Evolutionar
Driven by Earth's orbit, climate changes in Africa may have aided human migration
20 Mar 2026
In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Kutzbach and a team of researchers trace changes in climate and vegetation in Africa, Arabia and the Mediterrane
Ancient fish dinners chart Sahara’s shift from savannah to desert
20 Mar 2026
The Sahara’s shift from savannah with abundant lakes to a largely arid expanse has been traced in the remains of fish eaten thousands of years ago.
Earliest interbreeding event between ancient human populations discovered
20 Mar 2026
A new study documented the earliest known interbreeding event between ancient human populations -- a group known as the 'super-archaics' in Eurasia interbred with a Neanderthal-Denisovan ancestor
Archaeology breakthrough: Homo erectus skulls discovery in Africa rewrites human history
20 Mar 2026
Researchers have uncovered the skulls of two individuals belonging to the Homo erectus species, one of our ancient ancestors, alongside several stone tools in Ethiopia.
Archaeologists discover giant Ice Age mammoth bone structure
20 Mar 2026
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a giant Ice Age structure built from the remains of at least 60 mammoths at the Kostenki-Borshevo archaeological complex. 
Child's shattered skull may be oldest Homo erectus fossil on Earth
20 Mar 2026
In an ancient cave in South Africa, paleontologists have found evidence that three of humankind's oldest known relatives lived in the same place, at the same time.
New Virtual Reality Experience Transports Viewer Inside Spanish Paleolithic Caves Seen By Only 50 People In 16,000 Years
20 Mar 2026
Only 50 people have been inside the caves of the mountain La Garma in Northern Spain, a unique archaeological site with one of the world’s most impressive collections of rock art and archaeologica