Archaeologists often focus on what skeletal remains can tell about how and when ancient peoples died. But an individual’s ...

Every single day, discoveries emerge that alter the course of humanity. One day, it's just a giant floating rock until we ...

Towards the end of the last ice age, an ancient wolf feasted on a young woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis). When the ...

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

An extraordinary artistic legacy, painted and engraved on the rocks of southern Iberia over tens of thousands of years, is ...

Five quartz arrowheads found in a South African cave were laced with a slow-acting tumbleweed poison that would have tired ...

Nagpur: Researchers from Nagpur University (NU) describe the prehistoric heritage site at Chandrapur district's Bhatala ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Oliver Stone nearly joined forces on a Planet of the Apes movie that would've taken the sci-fi ...

Simulations suggest Neanderthals were on the brink of extinction by the time our ancestors arrived on the Iberian Peninsula.

Scientists from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Bergen are combining anthropology with cutting-edge AI to create an educational video game about life in Stone Age Europe. The ...

Most Americans think the ideal retirement age is sometime in their 60s — but Generation Z says it should be earlier, and they may be in a position to make it a reality. Members of Gen Z, who were born ...

A newly identified Paleolithic culture in northern China reveals unique stone tools and early ochre processing dating back around 40,000 years. The discovery reshapes timelines for Homo sapiens in ...