An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...

Our ancestors probably used a wide range of plant-based tools that have since been lost to history. Now we're finally getting a glimpse of this Botanic Age ...

Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a collection of 12,000-year-old perforated stones that might represent one of ...

Archaeologists discover ancient ‘migration route’ likely followed by several human species - Further excavations may reveal ...

A new study has found evidence that 13th-century Polynesians settled as far south as the Auckland Islands, just 2,000 ...

The oldest known tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament is expected to fetch up to $2 million when ...

More than 90,000 stone artifacts from the Neolithic period have been discovered from the Shiren Cave relic site in the city ...

Researchers believe the site was used as a ritual gathering place during the Neolithic period thousands of years ago.

Archaeologists excavating in Hammar found a 5,000-year-old sacrificial site complete with a stone walkway and countless ...

Recent excavations in Tajikistan's Zeravshan Valley uncovered an archaeological site dating back as far as 150,000 years, ...

Eswatini in southern Africa is home to the world’s oldest ochre mine. A new study dates that mine to a full 48,000 years ago. Ochre is a clay-based pigment that was incredibly popular at that time, ...

The Tuchola Forest in northern Poland continues to reveal its secrets as archaeologists explore its vast woods and lakes. A ...