What appeared at first glance to be just another ancient piece of rock might actually bear one ... stone tools characteristic of the Lower Paleolithic era, a period spanning from 2.5 million ...

Researchers concluded the Soii Havzak rock shelter had “at least three phases of occupation,” including one from the Middle Paleolithic and two from the Upper Paleolithic. These periods are ...

“While we cannot yet confirm the presence of Neanderthals in China — who were responsible for the Middle Paleolithic (tools) in Europe and Central Asia — we know that their ‘sister ...

Ben Marwick During the Middle Paleolithic—a period spanning about 40,000 to 300,000 years ago, also called the Middle Stone Age—groups such as modern humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans ...

Israeli researchers from Tel Aviv University proposed a theory explaining the mysterious presence of small children in the depths of caves adorned with Paleolithic rock paintings. The study ...

The earliest Greek cave art depicting extinct animals was discovered on Crete and is believed to be at least 11,000 years old ...

While the Paleolithic period involved a nomadic lifestyle ... Don't take your knowledge for granite — try your best to rock our gneiss little quiz. Remember to log in to put your name on the ...

During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans' neighbors, new technologies meant something quite different: new kinds of stone tools that were smaller but could be used for ...

Modern scholars believe up to 40 percent of the general population of Upper Paleolithic humans were children or young adults. In some decorated caves, they determined that up to 9% of the ...