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The oldest fishhooks in Europe

March 12th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

Archaeologists have found Europe’s oldest known fishhooks in a German field. The hooks, carved from reindeer or elk bones, date

November 14th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

A complete mammoth skeleton has been found in France, north-east of Paris. If that was not exciting enough, fragments of

September 27th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

Excavations at a mammoth hunting site in Germany have uncovered an ivory workshop that dates back 35,000 years. It was

May 11th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

A recent study, examing the levels of rare earth elements in bones found in Vero Beach, Florida, has proven that

December 12th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

Archaeologists have discovered additional fragments of a 35,000-year-old figurine known as “Lion Man”. Called the Lion Man, it is fashioned

December 6th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

Neanderthals may have been the first builders of mammoth-bone structures. Mammoth-bone huts previously discovered at Homo sapiens sites in West

June 23rd, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

I found this to be very exciting news when it was first announced. The image of a mammoth was found

May 31st, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

A new study has revealed that woolly mammoths cavorted with Columbian mammoths, breeding hybrids of the two. “Living African elephant