With their potent blend of wild looks and mystery, Britain’s ancient sites have an enduring magnetism — and there are far more of them than you might imagine.

A new study from SapienCE reveals that early modern humans at Blombos Cave in South Africa used ochre as a specialized tool for stone toolmaking during the Middle Stone Age, demonstrating advanced ...

Humans and our ancestors have been creating tools, art, and everyday objects for millions of years, and each unexpected ...

Genetic analysis of skeletons buried in a Neolithic proto-city in Turkey reveals that female lineages were important in early ...

A history and description of bark and skin boat traditions of the native peoples of Scandinavia and northern Russia that ...

Five paddlers completed a journey from Taiwan to Yonaguni Island, across some of the world's fastest oceanic currents, ...

In a new study, researchers reenacted how people in Taiwan might have reached the Ryukyu Islands tens of thousands of years ...

Recent discoveries reveal surprising similarities between Stone Age people and us. They crafted musical instruments, built ...

Experiments and simulations show Paleolithic paddlers could outwit the powerful Kuroshio Current by launching dugout canoes ...

In prehistoric communities across what is now northeastern Europe, decorative ornaments with animal teeth were a regular ...

It is hard. Being a stone catcher makes people angry. It makes you a target yourself. It’s exhausting. It’s painful. It can leave you feeling bloodied and beat up. It’s emotional work. Stevenson said, ...

On a small rise less than 20 miles south of Tbilisi, Georgia, a clutch of round, mud-brick houses rises from a green, fertile river valley. The mound is called Gadachrili Gora, and the Stone Age ...