An analysis of DNA from Stone Age skeletons buried in Scotland reveals how people organized the burial of their dead.

The Stone Age was a prehistoric period that lasted more than 3 million years, from the point when human ancestors began using stone tools until the time we invented metalworking. Archaeologists often ...

Earlier this week, we reported on a Swedish archaeologist who spent the last three years sailing the fjords in a replica boat similar to those the Vikings may have used. Not to be outdone, Japanese ...

After analyzing 13 skeletons from Russia, Czechia, and Italy, a new study provides “the first direct evidence for puberty” in Upper Paleolithic adolescents. Archaeologists have discovered, based on a ...

DORDOGNE, FRANCE—La Brújula Verde reports that Paleolithic rock art in southwestern France’s Font-de-Gaume Cave has been radiocarbon dated for the first time by a team of researchers led by Ina Reiche ...

MARDIN/ISTANBUL, 23 July (BelTA - Anadolu) - Archaeologists have uncovered rare artifacts from the Paleolithic era at Ulukoy Cave in Türkiye’s southeastern Mardin province, revealing the earliest ...

A magnified view of tiny specks of blue residue found on a Paleolithic stone artifact Izzy Wisher et al. / Antiquity, 2025 Researchers just found something that could change the way we envision color ...

Archaeologists preparing for construction of a new housing development in Scotland uncovered nearly 12,000 years of history. Discoveries ranged from Late Upper Paleolithic flint to Mesolithic ...

While life emerged around 4 billion years ago, human history—from the earliest humans approximately 2.5 million years ago to the present day—represents a relatively short period in the scale of ...