show it provided "valuable shelter" for humans herding sheep, goats and cattle for at least the past 7,000 years. It has been difficult to establish the timing of early human occupations in the ...

In this video, Alan Alda learns how modern diggers log every little find. At this early human shelter in France called Abri Castanet, archaeologists led by Randall White have collected more than ...

As humans, to thrive in desert life, we must find ways to stay hydrated, stay out of the sun, and find food and shelter. It’s much easier to ... but it took much more of an effort for our early ...

"Early humans, more than 30,000 years ago, did not live in isolation from the animal world; they were integrated into a network of relationships with scavengers," says Baumann. From today's ...