Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered 12,000-year-old round stones with holes, potentially revealing the wheel's origins.

A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone in the development of rotational tools including wheels, according to a new ...

Armed with advanced technology, decades of expertise, and insights from an NSF-funded study, a multi-institution team of ...

Stonehenge is made of 100 massive upright stones. It’s a top example of ancient engineering, built between 3000 and 1520 B.C.

The stones studied by the team predate the cart wheels of the Bronze Age by thousands of years, highlighting a key milestone in the development of rotational tools.

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 ...

In a recent dig at the archaeological site known as Soii Havzak, scientists uncovered an array of stone tools, animal bones, ...

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

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

Advanced analysis of prehistoric cave art has revealed new insights into the fishing practices of Paleolithic societies.

Archaeologists uncovered a 150,000-year-old shelter in Tajikistan, offering new insights into human evolution.