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Ditch full of 7,000-year-old headless human skeletons discovered in Slovakia, baffling archaeologists

Archaeologists are unsure why people in Stone Age Slovakia removed corpses' heads before burying them in a neighborhood ditch.

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Stone Age tombs in Scotland reveal 'webs of descent' among male relatives

An analysis of DNA from Stone Age skeletons buried in Scotland reveals how people organized the burial of their dead.

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Stone Age boy in Sweden was buried in deerskin and a woodpecker headdress, archaeologists discover

A new method of studying the contents of soil samples has revealed Stone Age people in Sweden were buried in decorated fur-and-feather clothing.

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These mysterious Stone Age symbols from 40,000 years ago could be writing’s earliest predecessors

Information encoded in symbols likely helped Stone Age hunter-gatherers coordinate groups, researchers say

The Independent UK

Subterranean tunnel, possibly used for medieval cult rituals, discovered in Stone Age tomb in Germany

A tunnel system discovered in a Stone Age tomb in Germany suggests medieval people created hiding places for their cultic rituals.

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Teenage girl who lived in Italy 12,000 years ago had a rare form of dwarfism, DNA study shows

In 1963, researchers unearthed two Stone Age skeletons that were buried in an embraced position in a cave in Italy. Now, DNA testing has revealed that one of them had a rare genetic condition.

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30,000-year-old 'personal toolkit' found in the Czech Republic provides 'very rare' glimpse into the life of a Stone Age hunter-gatherer

Archaeologists have found an extraordinary cluster of Stone Age artifacts that may have been the personal gear of a single prehistoric individual.

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Gender stereotypes challenged by discovery at Stone Age burial site

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How Stone Age artefacts could teach us to adapt to rising seas

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Study casts doubt over theory that Stone Age Ireland was ruled by incestuous ‘god-kings’

Previous research suggested elites lived like other royal dynasties found in ancient Egypt or the Andes

The Independent UK

Women likely ruled in Stone Age China, DNA analysis of 4,500-year-old skeletons reveals

Genetic analysis of 60 people buried in a Stone Age cemetery has revealed two clans headed by women that spanned 10 generations.

LiveScience

The ancient sites finally revealing the secrets of a long-lost Stone Age civilisation

The civilisation, now known as the Taş Tepeler culture, appears to have had a fertility-centred belief system

The Independent UK

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

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Archaeologists perplexed by mysterious Stone Age skulls found in Italian village

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

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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

LiveScience

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.

The Hindu

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…

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The Conversation

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”.

The Conversation

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.

Zenger

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

The Conversation

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

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

Daily Mirror

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

The Independent UK

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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