The ability of the early toolmakers to select high-quality stone, produce sharp flakes, and return to familiar raw-material sources suggests a deep understanding of their landscapes. It allowed early ...

These ancient structures still stand - but the people who built them remain a mystery that history can’t fully explain.

Stone age humans were using poison for hunting far longer than previously believed. In A Nutshell Chemical traces survived ...

The exhibition offers visitors in KL a rare chance to study the remains up close and explore Malaysia's prehistoric life ...

A major ancient Roman factory found in England sheds light on tool production, with over 800 whetstones and stone anchors ...

A 7,500-year-old stone seal found in eastern Turkey reveals clues about prehistoric administration, trade, and identity.

Archaeologists rarely expect clarity when surveying the ocean floor, since water tends to erase context rather than preserve ...

Microscopic feathers provide clearest evidence yet of ceremonial clothing used in shamanic burial rituals in prehistoric ...

At the height of its power, the Roman Empire extended as far away as Britain. Rome didn’t view the region as remote or ...

Have you ever found yourself in a museum’s gallery of human origins, staring at a glass case full of rocks labeled “stone tools,” muttering under your breath, “How do they know it’s not just any old ...

A fascinating archaeological discovery in South Africa has revealed that humans were using sophisticated poisoned arrows 60,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented. Chemical analysis of ...