The Natufian culture, a bridge between the Paleolithic and Neolithic, marks early settlement, farming, and symbolic art in ...

Scientists recently discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making by humans — and it’s far older than scholars previously believed.

Using a specially developed simulation model, researchers at the University of Cologne have traced and analyzed the dynamics ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

"Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East: A Guide surveys the lithic record for the East Mediterranean Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, and adjacent territories) from the ...

Skulls from Paleolithic Europe’s Pavlovian people have long been noted for their damaged teeth, with wear patterns evident along their outer surfaces. A new study posits a theory that this damage came ...

New insights into ancient East Asian hominins have arrived due to several tools detected in the region. These tools were found buried in oxygen-poor clay sediments on the shores of an ancient lake in ...

Chennai: A second-year MA Archaeology student from the University of Madras has found stone-age tools made from quartz in ...