During the Ice Age, massive elephants once roamed across Europe—and new research shows they traveled surprisingly long ...

The researchers tested the tar against Staphylococcus aureus, a major cause of skin infections, and Escherichia coli, a ...

According to a March 18 news release by the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research, five skeletons were found in January 2025 at the Joséphine Baker school in Dijon, about ...

An international study led by the University of Cologne has shown that birch tar, a material traditionally associated with tool-making by Neanderthals, possesses antibacterial properties that could ...

By collecting bark from a dead birch tree (left) and processing it in a fire pit (center), Oxford’s Tjaark Siemssen prepared ...

Researchers have found that birch tar produced using methods available to Neanderthals carries measurable antibacterial ...

Scientists say Neanderthals probably used birch tar for several purposes, including treating wounds. The post Neanderthals ...

A new study on the production of birch tar and its antibiotic properties offers new insights into its use during the Neanderthal era / publication in ‘PLOS ONE’ In a new study conducted by the ...

Neanderthals likely used the sticky substance to build and repair tools, but it also may have had another important use. With its antibiotic properties, birch tar could also treat wounds. The findings ...

By plying its ground-penetrating radar in the depths of Mars’s Jezero Crater, this rover has found even older deltas buried beneath those seen on the surface from space ...

Tar made from birch tree bark is commonly found at Neanderthal sites, and experiments show that it kills some bacteria that cause skin infections ...

New findings show that they systematically managed resources and reveal what they hunted, something even scientists did not expect.