Aux origines

Volcanic rock dating suggests the painting of a Çatalhöyük mural may have overlapped with an eruption in Turkey.

Bulgarian archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a woman that appears to have been buried pregnant 6000 years ago. The found – described as highly unusual - was made in a newly discovered necropolis in the famous village of Svestari in north-east Bulgaria.

A new study concludes that ancient ancestors who lived in East Africa between 2.4 million-1.4 million years ago mostly ate tiger nuts with additional nourishment from fruits and invertebrates, like worms and grasshoppers. The study examines the diet of Paranthropus boisei, nicknamed "Nutcracker Man," through studying modern-day baboons in Kenya to help to explain a puzzle that has vexed archaeologists for 50 years.

One of the most hotly debated issues in current human origins research focuses on how the 4.4 million-year-old African species Ardipithecus ramidus is related to the human lineage. New research confirms "Ardi's" close evolutionary relationship to humans. Researchers turned to the base of a beautifully preserved partial cranium of Ardi, which reveals a pattern of similarity that links Ardi to Australopithecus and modern humans and but not to apes.

El dolmen de Abuime, ubicado en el municipio de O Saviñao y uno de los monumentos megalíticos más grandes de toda Galicia, lleva años oculto para la mayoría de la población.

Excavations at the prehistoric hunting site of Vretsia-Rhoudias in the Troodos Mountains have confirmed the importance of the Epipalaeolithic campsite with regards to Cyprus’ early...

Les premières armes utilisées par l'Homme, un article de Frederic Belnet sur l'origine des armes de pierre et d'os fabriquées par les hommes préhistoriques. Les plus anciennes armes retrouvées dans le monde et en France, pointes de sagaie, lances, propulseurs... Depuis quand les hominidés fabriquent des armes.