Roughly 5,500–6,000 years ago, the area including present-day Finland was inhabited by hunter-fisher-gatherers living in ...

A recent study indicates that colour was not the only property of ochre relevant to people in the Stone Age. Ochre pigment. (Image: Katri Krohn ...

University of Missouri researcher Brandi L. MacDonald utilizes state-of-the-art technology available exclusively at Mizzou to assist scholars in deepening their knowledge of the evolution of human ...

A new study from SapienCE reveals that early modern humans at Blombos Cave in South Africa used ochre as a specialized tool for stone toolmaking during the Middle Stone Age, demonstrating advanced ...

Ochre remains, dating back 18,000 years ago, were unearthed at the Fodongdi site in Lincang, Southwest China's Yunnan Province. Through research, Chinese paleontologists have found that these ochre ...

In a recent study, an international team of researchers used luminescence dating and geochemical analyses to confirm the location of the oldest ochre mine in the world. It is located in the Lion ...

Different human species shared identical cultural practices 100,000 years ago, suggesting social interaction and cultural exchange were common despite physical differences. Archaeologists found ...

A huge stash of reddish minerals from a cave in Ethiopia shows how Stone Age people gradually adapted their technologies and practices over a 4500-year period. “It’s one of the rare sites where we can ...