The ability of the early toolmakers to select high-quality stone, produce sharp flakes, and return to familiar raw-material ...

Mammoth bones dating back between 30,000 and 40,000 years discovered in a basement in Lower Austria, a key find in a century.

The modern world offers an abundance of convenience foods. But our Stone Age physiology isn't built for modern diets, which ...

Stone Age arrowheads found in South Africa showcase the knowledge and strategy of prehistoric hunter-gatherers, according to ...

Traces of a toxic chemical found on 60,000-year-old arrowheads hint at advanced planning by Palaeolithic hunters.

From the caves of Ice Age France to the stone enclosures of southeastern Turkey, a recurring tradition of human animal hybrids hints at trance, costume, and shamanic journeys at the dawn of culture.

Dogs today come in a mind- blowing array of shapes and sizes, but when did this diversity in canine forms begin? New research ...

Stone Age dog burial from Ljungaviken. Credit: Carl Persson/Blekinge Museum. Deep in the Swedish peat bog, archaeologists have recovered something remarkable: the 5,000-year-old remains of a faithful ...

The Pahon Cave in Gabon offers archaeologists a well-preserved look into the Late Stone Age time period in central Africa, thanks to the stratified layers of guano-based sediment. This is in contrast ...

Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England ...

“Age is just a number. So don’t take this personally,” the Spotify slide warns, before revealing each user’s calculated listening age. How exactly did Spotify land on that number, though? Marc Hazan, ...