Burnt and battered human bones from 5,700 years ago hint at a brutal end for a group of Stone Age people who likely died in a house fire in what is now Ukraine, a new study finds. But why two of ...

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The researchers were keen to explore potential causes for these burns, such as an accidental fire, or a rare form of burial rite. The burnt bone fragments were largely found in the center of the ...

The Mesolithic period is known as the middle stone age. Stone Age people cut up their food with sharpened stones and cooked it on a fire. After a good day’s hunting people could feast on meat.