The Earth of the last Ice Age (about 26,000 to 19,000 years ago) was very different from today’s world. In the northern ...

The “monumental” timber building found near Carnoustie in Angus is more than a thousand years older than Stonehenge, and has been described as a find of international significance.

Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000 years old, new dating has ...

An analysis of the provenance of the Matarrubilla stone, a large megalith at Valencina in Spain, indicates that the ...

The detailed reconstruction brings the prehistoric hunter-gatherer to life, revealing an intriguing set of features.

Sacrifices of “sun stones” occurred around the same time a volcanic eruption in 2900 BC dimmed the sun throughout Northern Europe, according to a new study.

The sound of Stone Age hunter-gatherer toolmakers at work on the veld has faded away through time, but thanks to a group of archaeologists their every strike of stone on stone at their open-air ...

The “sacred arc” theory might sound like a plot point straight out of a fantasy novel, but it really describes an archaeologist’s suspicion that Stone Age people in southwestern England ...

12,000-year-old Stone Age site in Israel reveals first evidence of wheel technology Over 100 small stone objects from Neolithic period are the earliest instance of ‘spindle whorls,’ used to ...