Prehistory from the Earliest Humans - The University of Nottingham

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/01/0125_060125_neanderthal.html (neandertals hunted
as well as Cro Magnons)
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/05/100506-science-neanderthals-humans-matedinterbred-dna-gene/
(neaderthals and humans share genes)
http://www.sciencemag.org/special/neandertal/feature/index.html (sequencing the Neanderthal genome)
http://www.hf.uio.no/iakh/forskning/sarc/iakh/lithic/MOUST/mousterian.html#anchor51768 (illustrations
of mousterian tools – generally associated with neandertals)
http://www.hf.uio.no/iakh/forskning/sarc/iakh/lithic/MOUST/upperPal.html (a good overview of upper
palaeolithic tools – with pictures)
http://www.hf.uio.no/iakh/forskning/sarc/iakh/lithic/sarc.html (the home page for the 2 previous pages –
gives detailed discussions of other aspects of making and classifying stone tools)
http://anthro.palomar.edu/homo2/mod_homo_5.htm (excellent overview of the upper palaeolithic – flint
and bone tools, food-getting, art)
http://www.geology.ucdavis.edu/~cowen/HistoryofLife/CH20images.html (large range of images of early
and later hominids, including art. Also good links)
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHprehistoric.html#paleolithic (large site: lots of pictures. Lots of links – be
prepared to use your knowledge of French for some!)
http://www.crystalinks.com/stoneageflute.html (upper palaeolithic flutes: these seem to be undisputed as
musical instruments)
http://www.btinternet.com/~ron.wilcox/onlinetexts/onlinetexts-chap3.htm (late upper palaeolithic and
Mesolithic in Britain)
Neandertals: skeleton and recent artist’s reconstruction
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