Fragment of projectile point from the cave site of Isturitz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France), made of bone from right whale or bowhead whale, dated to 17,300-16,700 years before present, curated at the ...

Today, the Bay of Biscay has been swallowed by the sea, but in ancient times, it was an important path for hunter-gatherers.

Whales’ vestigial leg bones are a humbling reminder that life on Earth is deeply connected. Just as whales carry traces of their land-dwelling past, humans and all animals have their own ...

A new study reveals that humans used whale bones as tools 20,000 years ago, unlocking secrets of ancient coastal life and ocean ecology. (CREDIT: Domenic Biagini and Gone Whale Watching) ...

Western Europeans crafted hunting weapons out of bones from whales stranded on the Atlantic shoreline between 20,000 and 14,000 years ago, researchers report May 27 in Nature Communications ...

(Reuters) -Artifacts found at archeological sites in France and Spain along the Bay of Biscay shoreline show that humans have been crafting tools from whale bones since more than 20,000 years ago ...

Whale bones retrieved from prehistoric shores are shedding light on how humans lived—and hunted—along Europe's vanished coastlines.

🔥 Whales have arm, wrist & finger bones in their front fins. This is the front fin bones of a Grey whale. by u/Browndog888 in NatureIsFuckingLit ...

Humans were making tools from whale bones as far back as 20,000 years ago, according to a study conducted by scientists from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the ...

Humans were making tools from whale bones as far back as 20,000 years ago, according to a study conducted by scientists from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the ...

Credit: K. McGrath et al. Our study reveals that the bones belonged to at least five species of large whales, and the oldest date back to approximately 19,000 to 20,000 years ago. These bones are some ...

It's very difficult to know what the Antarctic was like before humans arrived - but whale bones could hold the answer.