Ancient humans hunted animals by throwing a stick like a boomerang
19 July 2023
Analysis of a wooden stick thought to be around 300,000 years old suggests it was designed to be thrown rotationally, rather than as a spear
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Some of the earliest modern humans in Europe used bows and arrows
22 February 2023
A site in France briefly occupied by modern humans is littered with stone points that were probably used as arrowheads, showing that bows and arrows were used in Europe much earlier than we thought
When did humans start making art and were Neanderthals artists too?
15 July 2022
On a visit to see ancient cave art in Spain, Michael Marshall explores why it's so hard to calculate the age of early human artworks and whether other hominins might also have created art.
Just 1.5 to 7 per cent of the modern human genome is uniquely ours
16 July 2021
Just 1.5 to 7 per cent of the modern human genome is uniquely ours – meaning it emerged after we split from other ancient human groups including the Neanderthals and Denisovans
Climate change may have driven early human species to extinction
15 October 2020
Sudden climatic changes may have been a significant driver of the extinction of early human species, including the Neanderthals, Homo erectus and Homo heidelbergensis
