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Cambridge University researchers found that prehistoric females may have been a whole lot tougher than today's strongest athletes. When you picture women of the prehistoric era, you probably envision ...

Nao Mukadi/AFP/AFP In Gabon's sprawling forest, archaeologists dig for ancient clues that could unlock the secrets of how prehistoric humans lived and interacted in the changing landscape of central ...

In the 1970s, archaeologists unearthed prehistoric human remains from a deep underground shaft in Somerset, England. The truth of what really happened to those men, women, and children, however, has ...

An archaeological study of human settlement during the Final Palaeolithic revealed that populations in Europe did not decrease homogenously during the last cold phase of the Ice Age. Significant ...

Newly sequenced ancient genomes from Yunnan, China, have shed new light on human prehistory in East Asia. In a study published in Science, a research team led by Prof. Fu Qiaomei at the Institute of ...

"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2007 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London"- -T.p. verso. Part I: The discovery of prehistory -- The idea of prehistory -- Mapping the human past: Prehistory ...