More information: Elizabeth C. Velliky et al, Unveiling the multifunctional use of ochre in the Middle Stone Age: Specialized ochre retouchers from Blombos Cave, Science (2025).

A Stone Age house has been built in Museum Gardens – based on the oldest known house in Britain, which was found in North Yorkshire. The Mesolithic (middle Stone Age) structure is outside the ...

A new study from SapienCE reveals that early modern humans at Blombos Cave in South Africa used ochre as a specialized tool for stone toolmaking during the Middle Stone Age, demonstrating advanced ...