14,400 years ago, five people and a canid entered an Italian cave using pine twigs for light (opens in new tab)

A new investigation of Bàsura Cave in northwestern Italy has provided fresh evidence about how Late Upper Paleolithic people traveled through deep underground passages nearly 14,400 years ago. Researchers combined pollen studies, charcoal analysis, archaeological excavations, and experimental testing to reconstruct the lighting methods used by a small group of Epigravettian visitors whose footprints still […]