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European hunter-gatherers boated to North Africa during Stone Age, ancient DNA suggests

DNA recovered from archaeological remains of ancient humans who lived in what is now Tunisia and northeastern Algeria reveals that European hunter-gatherers may have visited North Africa by boat around 8,500 years ago.

LiveScience

Revealing the secrets of Britain’s lost world: Archaeologists discover Stone Age artefacts under North Sea

Archaeologists are recovering Stone Age artefacts from the bottom of the North Sea

The Independent UK

Archaeologists perplexed by mysterious Stone Age skulls found in Italian village

Skull fragments point to rituals directed towards specific ancestors, researchers say

The Independent UK

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‘Advanced’ construction technology found at 5000-year-old Stone Age site in Denmark

Funnel Beaker Culture site may hold one of the earliest insulated cellars constructed in Europe to preserve food

The Independent UK

Possible Arctic graveyard may be northernmost Stone Age cemetery — but there are no human remains to prove it

Archaeologists in Finland have identified a 6,500-year-old site as potential cemetery with 200 graves.

LiveScience

IGNCA promoting interdisciplinary study of Indian rock art

Indian rock art, from Stone Age cave paintings to Ajanta and Ellora murals, is being studied as a separate discipline. The Culture Ministry is setting up a rock art centre in Nagpur, a heritage park in Leh, a gallery in Raipur, and a certificate course at IGNCA. MoUs with ASI…

The Hindu

Discovery of half-a-million-year-old wooden structure shows we're wrong to underestimate our ancient relatives

To most people, complex technologies separate modern humans from their ancestors who lived in the Stone Age, thousands or hundreds of thousands of years ago. In today’s fast changing world, older technologies, even those from a few years ago, are often described dismissively as “Stone Age”.

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In a Stone Age cemetery, DNA reveals a treasured 'founding father' and a legacy of prosperity for his sons

From the remains of nearly 100 ancient individuals, we have reconstructed two extensive prehistoric family trees from a 6,700-year-old cemetery in France, revealing fresh insights into a Stone Age community.

The Conversation

Stone Age Ancestors In The Philippines Were Skilled Weavers, New Research Shows

Ancient Weaving Techniques Unearthed in Philippines, Pushing Back Evidence by 30,000 Years

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Curious Kids: how did people talk in the Stone Age?

How did people talk in the Stone Age? – Tsubamé, aged eight, London, UK

The Conversation

Britain's own 'ATLANTIS' discovered off coast after vast settlement drowned under the sea

Britain’s own ‘Atlantis’ has been found according to experts who recently discovered ancient artefacts in the North Sea which belonged to Stone Age settlements submerged under water

Daily Mirror

Archaeologists unearth evidence of ‘innovative’ Stone Age culture from 40,000 years ago in China

People of ancient culture demonstrated ‘complex technical system’ for transforming raw materials, scientists say

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