A Neanderthal who died 75,000 years ago may have been killed by a wooden spear deliberately aimed at the heart, revealing ...

This behavior is likely to have begun 250,000 years ago or earlier, as seen at Hayonim Cave, Israel (Stiner 2005). There is also evidence that Neanderthals occasionally specialized in a single prey ...

While there's no surviving sign of the spear or weapon in Shanidar Cave – which isn't unusual, given how easily wood can decompose over long time periods – evidence for wooden spears dates back some ...

The study of an assemblage of Neanderthal human bones discovered in the Troisième caverne of Goyet (Belgium) has brought to light selective cannibalistic behavior primarily targeting female adults and ...

Why are we so obsessed with a group of prehistoric humans who disappeared some 40,000 years ago? Ever since the discovery of ...

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