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 metalworking. Archaeologists often ...

New research shows stone tool production in the Central African rainforest remained remarkably consistent for a period of ...

Archaeologists excavating a paleolithic cave site in Galilee, Israel, have found evidence that a deep-cave compound at the site may have been used for ritualistic gatherings, according to a new paper ...

Earlier this week, we reported on a Swedish archaeologist who spent the last three years sailing the fjords in a replica boat similar to those the Vikings may have used. Not to be outdone, Japanese ...

"Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East: A Guide surveys the lithic record for the East Mediterranean Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, and adjacent territories) from the ...

New insights into ancient East Asian hominins have arrived due to several tools detected in the region. These tools were found buried in oxygen-poor clay sediments on the shores of an ancient lake in ...

Humans navigate today's world with a genetic profile largely the same as that of our Paleolithic ancestors, which has affected our susceptibility to several modern diseases.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA—According to a statement released by the University of Adelaide, a possible 3-D map has been identified in a rock shelter in the Paris Basin of northern France, by Médard Thiry of ...

A young boy from England found a shiny item on a beach that turned out to be a "rare" ancient item dating back to the late Middle Paleolithic era. The boy — identified by Worthing Museum as Ben Witten ...

The discovery of a stone long overlooked in a German museum suggests that Ice Age communities experimented with vivid hues far earlier than scholars believed. A stone artifact from near the end of the ...

Why do people wear clothes, and when did they start doing so? To answer this fundamental question, archaeologist Ian Gilligan of the University of Sydney went back to the beginning. “There’s little ...

Stone tools found in some of the earliest settlements in the Americas are challenging the prevailing theory of when the first migrations to the region happened. These tools, probably used as spear ...