making it difficult to preserve evidence of early human relationships with marine mammals. "Even though the Paleolithic seashore itself is no longer accessible, the analysis of these whale bones ...

For our Paleolithic ancestors living in coastal areas ... making reconstructing the past interactions between marine mammals and humans a challenge for scientists.. “The tools were dated ...

A study of prehistoric bone tools from the Bay of Biscay revealed that they were 20,000 years old, the oldest known example ...

May 22, 2025 — Researchers have analyzed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria that causes relapsing fever, pinpointing when it evolved to spread through lice rather than ...

Unlike most marine mammals, sea otters are primarily insulated by fur, not blubber. In fact they have the densest fur in the animal kingdom. Sadly that thick, resplendent coat has also given otters ...

According to a report by Popular Science, hunter-gatherers in present-day Spain and France have been crafting essential tools ...

The richness of the marine and coastal ecosystem of the Bay of Biscay at the end of the Paleolithic was striking, the authors wrote. So how did these bones end up in human hands? Today’s Bay of ...

May 28, 2025 — Close to five million smuggled seahorses worth an estimated CAD$29 million were seized by authorities over a 10-year span, according to a new study that warns the scale of the ...

Studying the physiology and ecology of whales, dolphins, and other marine mammals through methods ranging from molecular ecology to tracking the movements of individuals and populations using ...