/tags/prehistory prehistory en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 10 Apr 2020 09:00:00 GMT /npr-news/2020-04-10/the-oldest-string-ever-found-may-have-been-made-by-neanderthals Bits of twisted plant fibers found on a stone tool show that Neanderthals used sophisticated yarns and cords. It pushes the date of the earliest-known fiber technology way back in time. Fri, 10 Apr 2020 09:00:00 GMT /npr-news/2020-04-10/the-oldest-string-ever-found-may-have-been-made-by-neanderthals Nell Greenfieldboyce /2019-11-22/fossils-found-in-colorado-help-tell-earths-comeback-story An extraordinary discovery in the backyard of Colorado Springs has created a window into an evolutionary period we previously knew very little about. Fri, 22 Nov 2019 23:10:18 GMT /2019-11-22/fossils-found-in-colorado-help-tell-earths-comeback-story Ali Budner /sports/2019-11-14/rifle-crossbow-atlatl-colorado-petition-seeks-to-legalize-hunting-with-spear-thrower Update November 15, 2019 at 3:30p.m.: According to Travis Duncan with Colorado Parks and Wildlife: "The commission voted to dismiss both citizen petitions… Thu, 14 Nov 2019 23:47:13 GMT /sports/2019-11-14/rifle-crossbow-atlatl-colorado-petition-seeks-to-legalize-hunting-with-spear-thrower Rae Ellen Bichell /npr-news/2019-02-07/living-near-your-grandmother-has-evolutionary-benefits Humans are evolutionary oddballs for living long past our reproductive prime. New research explains how grandmothers might be the reason why. Thu, 07 Feb 2019 19:41:00 GMT /npr-news/2019-02-07/living-near-your-grandmother-has-evolutionary-benefits Jonathan Lambert /science/2019-02-06/archaeologists-find-evidence-of-human-habitation-in-the-rockies-stretching-back-9-000-years Archaeologists studying a prehistoric site in Golden, Colorado, have found that people lived there thousands of years earlier than previously thought.The… Wed, 06 Feb 2019 23:19:11 GMT /science/2019-02-06/archaeologists-find-evidence-of-human-habitation-in-the-rockies-stretching-back-9-000-years Rae Ellen Bichell