An analysis of the provenance of the Matarrubilla stone, a large megalith at Valencina in Spain, indicates that the ...

Archaeologists link the ancient stone structures in Carnac, France, to possible early fire rituals and cultural practices of ...

A mammoth tusk boomerang discovered in Poland is approximately 42,000 years old, potentially making it the oldest known ...

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 . Archaeologists often break up ...

Prehistoric stone tool cores. Credit: Sara Watson Understanding ice age environments and adaptation During the time these tools were produced, between 24,000 and 12,000 years ago, the planet was ...

Science Archaeology Archaeologists hike up a cliff and find 20,000-year-old stone tools Human ancestors may have used the tools to hunt large game in present-day South Africa. By Laura Baisas ...

Another reason Middle Paleolithic evidence appears rare in East Asia is because what now seem to be less typical variations of the Quina tool kit previously found in China had been overlooked ...

A recent study has shed new light on the cognitive and cultural complexity of human societies during the Middle Paleolithic in the Levant. The research, led by Dr. Mae Goder-Goldberger (Hebrew ...

The Natufians lived in semi-subterranean dwellings, partly dug into the ground and partly built with stones and wood. Credit: Creative Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5 Natufian architecture and settlements The ...

Chinese archaeologists have made new discoveries at the ancient sites in Nihewan Basin, North China's Hebei Province, revealing East Asia's first-ever evidence of the "heat-treated stone-tool ...

The Natufians at Nahal-Ein Gev were still part of the Stone Age, Yashuv said, and were “a Paleolithic culture. However, they were the last ones.” ...