Archaeologists excavating at Tadım Fortress and Höyük in eastern Turkey have unearthed a remarkable stone seal dating back 7,500 years, pushing evidence of organized settlement in the Elazig region ...

A pile of ancient arrowheads from southern Africa still holds traces of toxic plant residue, even after some 60,000 years.

Earliest evidence of poisoned arrows offers new insights into the advanced technology and strategic thinking of prehistoric ...

Archaeologists have identified hundreds of ancient structures hidden beneath the dense canopy of Ecuador's Andean Chocó ...

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 ...

The discovery that small stone arrow tips were treated with plant poison 60,000 years ago means that ancient African hunters ...

New research shows whale hunting in South America dates back 5,000 years, reshaping views of early maritime societies.

New research reveals traces of plant toxins on arrow tips in South Africa, suggesting that the technique was used tens of ...

The Serapeum holds massive stone boxes that display signs of advanced machining, raising questions about the technology used ...

A team of archaeologists working in South Africa has discovered a hoard of 60,000-year-old arrowheads affixed with a ...

We often imagine ancient civilizations as primitive compared to today’s urban landscapes. Living in mud huts, traveling by ...

The oldest fossilized remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that ...