Explore the fascinating world of early humans and their shared cultural practices 100,000 years ago in the Levant region.

Credit: Marion Prévost Additionally, a significant use of mineral pigments, especially ochre, has been found on the remains discovered in the cave, suggesting that these groups used body decorations, ...

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Tinshemet Cave provides evidence for the extensive use of ochre (mineral pigments), which may have been used for body decoration. Photo by Yossi Zaidner The research also suggests that the burial ...

Scientists examining an ancient cave have made a discovery about humanity's history that dates back some 110,000 years.

Archaeologists excavating Tinshemet Cave found some of the oldest burials in the world, dating back to between 130,000 and 80 ...

A new study in the journal Nature Communications reveals that Mars is red for very much the same reason it may have once been home to life — namely, that it was a wet planet. This is in line with ...

Mars’s red dust may contain ferrihydrite, an iron mineral that forms in water. This suggests ancient Mars had water for ...

However, new analyses reveal that ferrihydrite, a mineral formed in the presence of cold water, better matches the observations. This finding challenges previous theories about the formation of ...

“We can now be quite confident that ferrihydrite is the dominant iron-bearing mineral causing Mars' distinctive ochre color,” Valantinas said. “Our research demonstrated that ferrihydrite ...

A striking discovery at Tinshemet Cave is the extensive use of mineral pigments, particularly ochre, which may have been used for body decoration. This practice could have served to define social ...

The Himba tribe has been living in northern Namibia in the African continent for centuries. This semi-nomadic tribe does not ...