The Swiss Army Knife was created in the 19th Century but now ancient multi-tools made from cave lion bones have been found ...

A famous prehistoric cave site in Belgium has yielded the oldest multifunctional tool of its kind. This Ice Age “Swiss Army ...

Yet the Scladina multitool is the first known lion bone turned into a tool. It means Neanderthals not only handled lions, but ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the earliest known multifunctional tool made from cave lion bone, shedding new light on ...

Neanderthals who lived 130,000 years ago crafted their tools from the bones of one of their deadliest predators.

The permafrost of Siberia has the perfect conditions to preserve biological specimens for tens of thousands of years.

The team also analyzed cave lion claw bones they discovered in the Einhornhöhle Cave in Germany in 2019 that are at least 190,000 years old, based on the layer of sediment in which they were found.

The cave lion remains from Siegsdorf are displayed alongside a reproduction of a wooden spear similar to those used by Neanderthals. (Image credit: Volker Minkus. ©NLD) ...

Ancient humans hunted and butchered a cave lion around 48,000 years ago, a study of the prehistoric big cat skeleton has found. The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, describes ...

Neanderthals skillfully hunted giant cave lions, a study showed for the first time. The findings suggest the animals were carefully pelted, maybe for some kind of ritualistic purpose. It adds to a ...

From about 2.5 million to 11,700 years ago, big cats like the cave lion roamed all corners of the globe. Much like early humans, early lions migrated out of Africa to neighboring Asia and Europe ...

Neanderthals cooked crab and created art, but they also could have haunted cave lions and used their skins. Some 48,000 year-old puncture wounds on a cave lion’s ribcage suggest that the big cat ...