Researchers from several European institutions, led by scientists from the University of Barcelona and the University of ...

Is the order of the modern alphabet connected to how our shared ancestors counted the phases of the moon and its effect on tides 50,000 years ago? Did the first stirrings of government and bureaucracy ...

Firelight transformed how early humans utilized their rocky dwellings. Set of photographs of stone lamp experiment. (Medina-Alcaide et al, 2021, PLOS ONE) (CN) — Long before the Dark Ages, a longer, ...

Analysis of a cave in France containing the remains of prehistoric hunter-gatherers who died some 30,000 years ago has shed new light on the burial rituals of Paleolithic humans. First discovered 20 ...

Archaeologists excavating a paleolithic cave site in Galilee, Israel, have found evidence that a deep-cave compound at the site may have been used for ritualistic gatherings, according to a new paper ...

A research group led by the Nagoya University Museum and Graduate School of Environmental Studies in Japan has clarified differences in the physical characteristics of rocks used by early humans ...

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 ...

Is the order of the modern alphabet connected to how our shared ancestors counted the phases of the moon and its effect on tides 50,000 years ago? Did the first stirrings of government and bureaucracy ...

Archaeologists have discovered a "major" Paleolithic cave art site in Spain that contains more than a hundred individual designs. The collection of prehistoric paintings and engravings is thought to ...

A Cova Done chamber with markings on the walls (© A. Ruiz-Redondo, V. Barciela, and X. Martorell; photo courtesy A. Ruiz-Redondo) Images of seven horses, two now-extinct cattle, seven female deer, and ...

June 15 (UPI) --Ancient human remains found in a French cave have offered researchers new insights into the mortuary rituals of humans during the Paleolithic period. The cave, found in southwestern ...

The color blue is hard to come by. Unlike red, yellow, and white, which occur readily in mineral form, blue is a rarity. For prehistoric people living in western Eurasia, an area roughly covering ...