Lithic Technology

The Neronian is a lithic tradition recognized in the Middle Rhône Valley of Mediterranean France now directly linked to Homo sapiens and securely dated to 54,000 years ago (ka), pushing back the arrival of modern humans in Europe by 10 ka. This incursion of modern humans into Neandertal territory and the relationships evoked between the Neronian and the Levantine Initial Upper Paleolithic (IUP) question the…

When did populations of Homo sapiens first arrive in China and what happened when they encountered the Denisovans or Neanderthals who lived there? A new study in Nature by an international team of researchers opens a window into hunter-gatherer lifestyles 40,000 years ago. Archaeological excavations at the site of Xiamabei in the Nihewan Basin of northern China have revealed the presence of innovative behaviors and…

Archaeologists have evaluated the spatial organization in the Protoaurignacian levels (associated with Homo sapiens) and the latest Mousterian levels (associated with Neanderthals) at Riparo Bombrini in Liguria, Italy.

Dating of a child's fossilized jaw and teeth suggest our relatives lived at altitude earlier than once thought

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Tools were once thought to have arisen out of Africa and Europe, then spread eastward. New findings challenge that assumption.

Did Neanderthal produce a bone industry? The recent discovery of a large bone tool assemblage at the Neanderthal site of Chagyrskaya (Altai, Siberia, Russia) and the increasing discoveries of isolated finds of bone tools in various Mousterian sites across Eurasia stimulate the debate. Assuming that the isolate finds may be the tip of the iceberg and that the Siberian occurrence did not result from a local…

Analysis of stone tools attributed to the Ahmarian, the first Upper Paleolithic culture of the Near East (dated approximately 40,000 to 45,000 years ago) shows that small, elongated, symmetrical objects (bladelets) were mass-produced on-site. Such a standardized production is in line with what archaeologists have already suggested being linked to the bow and arrow introduction.

Griffith University has played a key role in new research that shows hunter-gatherers used miniaturized stone tools and bone projectile points to consistently hunt a range of animals in the Sri Lankan rainforests over the past 45,000 years.

Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH) have analyzed the influence of the shape of Paleolithic tools on visual attention during handling in a study led by María Silva Gago and published in the journal Lithic Technology, whose results suggest that the morphology of handaxes exercises a moderate influence on the attention paid to the tool, while the visual exploration of…

Similarities in fabrication techniques suggest that Paleolithic people passed on their methods — and may have shared them with other groups.

While the Middle Paleolithic period is viewed as a dynamic time in European and African history, it is commonly considered a static period in East Asia.

Artifacts and human remains from Tinshemet Cave in central Israel indicate that modern humans and Neanderthals in the Levant interacted with each other. The post New evidence: humans and Neanderthals interacted in Israel first appeared on EarthSky.

In an effort to understand ancient Neanderthal food preparation techniques, researchers butchered five wild birds using flint stone tools and roasted them

When did populations of Homo sapiens first arrive in China and what happened when they encountered the Denisovans or Neanderthals who lived there? A new study opens a window into hunter-gatherer lifestyles 40,000 years ago. Archaeological excavations at the site of Xiamabei in the Nihewan Basin of northern China have revealed the presence of innovative behaviors and unique toolkits.

Interdisciplinary evidence indicates human activity in the Falkland Islands before European exploration of the South Atlantic.