Archaeologists have long known that modern humans and our close relatives trekked through the so-called Inner Asian Mountain ...

Researchers have determined that a collection of 12,000-year-old tiny stone objects found at a Stone Age site in the Jordan ...

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

The two species began burying their dead at roughly the same time and place. Now some archaeologists think competition may have played a role in burials.

Ship-shaped graves have been identified at the site, which came to light during investigations of an earlier Stone Age ...

Plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The bubonic and septicemic forms — mainly infecting the lymph nodes and ...

It was supposed to be a routine Stone Age settlement excavation to clear a path for a new roundabout and water pipes near Tvååker in southern Sweden. It turned into so much more, as archaeologists ...

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 ...

They show animals as well as some human hunters. Some historians believe that Stone Age paintings had a religious meaning. They think the painted animals were meant to represent powerful spirits.

There is not much information on artefacts used by Stone Age humans to make sound and music – but the first comprehensive survey is a good start. The updated methods are providing a clearer ...