Articles in "prehistory"
Prehistoric Children Were Viewed as Spiritual Intermediaries, Researchers Say
New research by a team of Israeli researchers suggests that prehistoric children may have had a unique spiritual role in the creation of ...
Nesher Ramla Discovery Reveals Selective Hunting and Scavenging by Prehistoric Humans
New research reveals that early humans at the prehistoric site of Nesher Ramla in Israel's coastal plain did not hunt indiscriminately but ...
Archaeologists Solve Mystery of Israel’s Missing Cave Art
A team of researchers from Tel Aviv University have proposed a groundbreaking explanation for a century-old archaeological mystery: why ...
Levant’s Oldest Known Ritual Site Discovered in Galilee Cave
Israeli archaeologists working in the Western Galilee uncovered the earliest known evidence of communal worship in the Levant, dating back ...
Prehistoric Humans in Hula Valley Traveled Long Distances for High-Quality Flint, New Study Reveals
Israeli researchers have discovered that early humans living in the Hula Valley traveled long distances for high quality flint, challenging ...
World’s Earliest Evidence of Opium Use Uncovered in Israel
Opium residue found in pottery vessels excavated at Tel Yehud on Israel's coast dating back to the 14th century BCE is the world’s ...
500,000-Year-Old Extinct Elephant Tusk Uncovered on Israel’s Southern Coast
Israeli archeologists recently chanced upon an extraordinary discovery when they exposed a half-a-million-year-old complete tusk of a ...
7,000 Years Ago: Israeli Researchers Find Earliest Evidence of Fruit Tree Cultivation
Olive trees were first domesticated 7,000 years ago, a joint study by Israeli researchers from Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew ...
Israeli Scientists Uncover Traces of Fire Dating Back At Least 800,000 Years
Israel scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science, using an advanced, innovative method they developed to detect nonvisual traces of ...
Israeli Study Reveals that Humans Gave Objects Sentimental Value 500,000 Years Ago
Collectors in the prehistoric world recycled old stone tools some 500,000 years ago to preserve the memory of their ancestors, a new ...
