The ca. 300 ka Paleolithic sites of Schöningen in northern Germany yielded a number of
localities with archeological and paleontological remains representing a rich …

New ichnological data are available at the prehistoric site of Melka Kunture, Upper Awash
Valley in Ethiopia. Excavation of new test pits enabled us to explore the volcanic and fluvio …

Microplastic pollution represent a worldwide concern, however, in karst areas is still largely
unknown, especially in underground environments. Caves are the most important geological …

Do we need an archaeology of mothering? For prehistoric periods, I would argue, we need
to challenge notions of parenting and child care that may subconsciously shape …

When artificial lighting systems are installed in show caves, alien photosynthetic epilithic
prokaryotic and eukaryotic microorganisms—the so-called 'lampenflora'—form extended …

In this paper, we present a novel hypothesis as to what led humans in the Upper Paleolithic
to penetrate and decorate deep, dark caves. Many of the depictions in these caves are …

This paper presents rock art as a collective action in which different strata of society took
part, including children and subadults. Until recent decades archaeology of childhood has …

Research in developmental psychology suggests that children are poor tool innovators.
However, such research often overlooks the ways in which children's social and physical …

Abstract Analysis of lighting system management in Upper Paleolithic decorated caves is
crucial to our understanding of the light sources used to create and observe depictions …

Three new Pleistocene hominin tracksites have been identified on the Cape south coast of
South Africa, one in the Garden Route National Park and two in the Goukamma Nature …