ScienceTurkish Cave Shows Neanderthals and Humans Shared Culture for 20,000 YearsA new PNAS study of Üçağızlı II Cave in southern Turkey finds that Neanderthals and early modern humans made the same style of stone tools across 20,000 years — evidence of long, peaceful cultural continuity.
Human AchievementsDivers Find a Centuries-Old Shipwreck With Its Porcelain Cargo Still IntactMarine archaeologists describe the find as "almost beyond belief": a long-lost trade ship whose hold is still neatly packed with hundreds of intact porcelain pieces, sealed by the seabed for centuries.
Human AchievementsA "Natural" Striped Rock in Wales Is Actually the UK's Oldest Cave PaintingRed streaks in a Gower Peninsula cave, dismissed in 1928 as iron seepage, have been re-dated to 17,100 years ago — making them Britain's oldest known prehistoric artwork.
