Archaeologists have uncovered a reeking, violet-stained factory where crushed sea snails once fueled the elite’s obsession ...

An archaeological site in Germany suggests communal hunting and complex thinking emerged earlier in human evolution than once thought.

A 7,500-year-old antler unearthed in Sweden had characteristic breakage patterns that suggest it was the handle for a battle ...

The first evidence that hominins butchered several animals at the site in Romania at least 1.95 million years ago has been ...

Yuval Noah Harari’s books illuminate history, technology, and society with bold and interesting insights. A compelling ...

Between 9600 and 4100 B.C. This unique carved amber bear was discovered in northern Poland by workers digging for peat in ...

The team made the daily climb with all their excavation and photography equipment, weighing up to 50 pounds per person.

What she’d spotted in 2017 was our team’s first evidence that hominins butchered several animals at the site of Grăunceanu, in Romania, at least 1.95 million years ago. Before this discovery, those ...

Similarities in fabrication techniques suggest that Paleolithic people passed on their methods - and may have shared them ...

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, ...

A team of archeologists in South Africa had to climb to new heights to find an important set of tools made by humans about 20 ...

New archaeological finds in Malta add to an emerging theory that early Stone Age humans cruised the open seas.