Researchers have uncovered compelling evidence that Neanderthals repeatedly deposited horned animal skulls in a Spanish cave over thousands of years, suggesting a culturally transmitted ritual ...

New study demonstrates that certain incised stone artefacts from the Levantine Middle Palaeolithic, specifically from Manot, Qafzeh, and Quneitra caves, were deliberately engraved with geometric ...

This tradition took place inside a cave called the Des-Cubierta in present-day Spain. Analysis of the contents inside the ...

In the depths of the San Lázaro rock-shelter in Segovia, Central Spain, archaeologists from the Complutense University of Madrid and collaborators have uncovered a compelling trace of Neanderthal ...

Recent archaeological discoveries suggest that Neanderthals, long seen as lacking symbolic culture, may have crafted and used ochre crayons as early as 130,000 years ago. According to a new study ...

What if parts of our personality—our capacity for fear, bonding, caregiving, and even symbolic meaning—are influenced not only by evolution and environment but also by an ancient viral code embedded ...