Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Cave

  1. Altamira study maps timing of cave art use and transit
    Study establishes chronological sequence of artistic creation, reuse, and transit in Altamira Cave's decorated zone using radiocarbon dating and stratigraphic analysis of Palaeolithic deposits.
  2. Ancient dog genomes show wide Palaeolithic distribution in western Eurasia
    Genetic analysis of ancient dog remains reveals widespread distribution of homogeneous dog populations across Europe and Anatolia during the Late Upper Palaeolithic, suggesting dogs were exchanged.
  3. Carbon black cave art in Dordogne was directly dated
    Radiocarbon dating reveals carbon black Paleolithic cave art at Font-de-Gaume in France's Dordogne region, establishing chronological constraints on previously undocumented prehistoric artistic.
  4. Aurignacian signs were deliberate and conventional
    Research reveals that early modern humans 40,000 years ago used systematic geometric sign systems on Aurignacian artifacts, demonstrating proto-writing complexity comparable to later writing systems.
  5. Human remains in Heaning Wood Bone Cave span three prehistoric phases
    Heaning Wood Bone Cave in Cumbria yielded the earliest human remains from northern Britain (9290–8925 cal BC) plus Neolithic and Bronze Age burials.