Team from University of Haifa, US and Germany study sediments under a microscope to identify remains of cotton fibers, pointing to Tel Tsaf’s important role as a global trade hub

Behavioral flexibility, thanks to large brain-to-body ratio, gave species evolutionary advantage in face of climate change and human hunters

An ancient vertebra from an archaic hominin species child gives 'unambiguous' evidence of migrations out of Africa, Israeli researchers say

A twice-stamped little ancient blob of clay discovered in Tel Tsaf -- alongside other evidence -- leads researchers to deduce a millennia-old complex mercantile exchange

Paper published in Time and Mind journal claims cavemen entered hallucinogenic states due to lack of oxygen in potential effort to 'maintain their connectedness with the cosmos'

Tel Aviv University researchers says Stone Age humans were apex predators, only moved to more plant-based diet 85,000 years ago

Israeli and French researchers claim six etchings on 120,000-year-old aurochs bone must be deliberate and likely symbolized spiritual connection of hunter and prey

Tel Aviv University researchers solve mystery of sharp-edged devices, found in many areas and known to have been in use for over 2 million years

Scientific study of early copper smelting shows necessity was not the mother of invention, but rather human intellectual curiosity and the desire to show off

Migration route from Africa given new clarity by 100,000-year-old tools discovered outside Dimona in the Negev Desert made by unusual flint-knapping technique