The discovery shows that humans' remarkable ability to adapt is the real reason major advances happened during the Stone Age.

Stand at “the Ness” today and several iconic Stone Age structures are within easy view, forming the core of a World Heritage site called the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. On a heather-clad knoll ...

The earliest evidence of humans living in tropical rainforests in Africa, around 150,000 years ago, has been published in a ...

The site had an unusually high abundance of fish compared to other Stone Age sites, suggesting that people captured more fish as waterholes shrank during the dry season. “People start to ...

This rare burial site reveals secrets about the Sahara's lush past This rare burial site reveals secrets about the Sahara's lush past The mysterious origin of Stonehenge’s altar stone might have ...

Archaeologists in Lithuania recently uncovered an unusual animal tooth pendant with mysterious engravings. The carved tooth — which dates back thousands of years — was found during the reexamination ...

It says that the first Americans were the Clovis people—named for an archeological site located near Clovis, New Mexico—and that they walked across the Bering Land Bridge and spread into what ...

The recent discovery of an ancient human skeleton, estimated to be at least 29,000 years old, in Prachuap Khiri Khan proves ...

A tiny head carved from mammoth ivory looks back at us from the Stone Age. This sculpture, discovered at the archaeological site of Dolní Věstonice in the Czech Republic in the 1920s, is considered ...

Archaeologists are piecing together the world’s oldest known rune stone. It could shed light on the origins of early written ...

The skulls recovered from burial sites from the Bronze Age are different in shape from Stone Age skulls. This would suggest that new ideas and new blood were brought over from the continent.

They have unearthed necklaces, pendants, bracelets, and anklets at Stone Age weapons caches and burial sites in Europe and the Americas. This artifact was used for stitching hides. Stone Age ...