Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material could be ...

From the storied shores of Scandinavia to the ancient cities of the Mediterranean, we've picked out Europe's 29 most ...

Teeth provide a wealth of information about the lives of Iron Age Italians, according to a study published in the open-access ...

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

Archaeologists working near Yulin in Shaanxi Province have recorded 573 ancient stone-walled fortress settlements. The Yulin ...

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

New evidence of cremation 9,500 years ago in south-central Africa challenges long-held notions about how hunter-gatherers treated their dead.

These thirty remarkable discoveries from 2024-2025 represent only a fraction of the archaeological treasures emerging from soil, sand, and sea around the world. Each find adds another piece to the ...

AI-generated “Ötzi” character and cave in the background. Credit: Mikkel Nørtoft / CC BY 4.0 A team of archaeologists has developed a 3D educational prehistoric video game that brings the Stone Age to ...

Ahead of the development of a high-speed railway near Gerstaberg, Sweden, archaeologists recently excavated a bog that was once a lake. During their dig, they came across two surprising artifacts: a ...

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

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