The "skull cup" was found in a cave where ancient humans modified the bones of the dead for thousands of years. But its ...

Ancient humans who buried their dead in caves went back up to a year later to harvest body parts for tools and food. Those ...

A rock was inserted into the mouth of a 10-year-old to keep the deceased child from rising from the grave and spreading malaria, researchers believe. / David Pickel/Stanford University While nails ...

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For thousands of years, prehistoric people used Spain's Cueva de los Marmoles as a burial place for their dead. Scientists examined the remains of 12 individuals and found people had modified some ...

However, it’s been unclear if competition from giant hyenas ( Pachycrocuta brevirostris) would have limited hominin access to ...

Archaeologists have been scratching their heads for decades, trying to figure out the purpose of tens of thousands of roughly hewn limestone balls strewn around areas where early humans lived.

Ancient humans who buried their dead in caves went back up to a year later to harvest body parts for tools and food. Those are the findings of a new study into the Cueva de los Marmoles, a cave in ...

(CNN) — Researchers working at a cave in southern Spain have found evidence that the skeletal remains of ancient humans buried there were dug up, modified and even used as tools by subsequent ...