Link found between super-agers, or people with exceptional longevity, to inherited DNA from Ice Age hunter-gatherer ...

The study authors conclude that these Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers were making their poison from the gifbol root bulb ...

Some DNA passed down from ancient hunter-gatherers has been found to be a crucial force in living to be 100 years old.

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...

Hunter-gatherers cremated the headless body of a woman in a pyre around 9,500 years ago in what is now Malawi.

Read more about the cremation of a mysterious woman 9,500 years ago, which tells a more complex story of how hunter-gatherers ...

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Archaeologists have discovered Africa’s oldest known cremation pyre at the base of Mount Hora in Malawi. According to a paper ...

A scientific paper, published in the journal Science Advances, describes a spectacular event that happened about 9,500 years ...

Stone Age arrowheads found in South Africa showcase the knowledge and strategy of prehistoric hunter-gatherers, according to a new study.