Building the human story based on a few artefacts is tricky – particularly for wooden tools that don’t preserve well, or cave ...

In 1958, an amateur archaeologist named John Cowles excavated the Cougar Mountain Cave in Oregon and retained many of the ...

Archaeologists uncovered what they believe are the oldest wooden tools ever discovered — dating back hundreds of thousands of ...

A STONE Age stick wielded by humans 430,000 years ago may be the oldest wooden tool ever discovered. Two time-travelling ...

The oldest Stone Age cremation, carried out 9,500 years ago in a remote rock shelter, has been found in Africa.

But some things never change – and now, in a couple of caves in the high desert of Oregon, we’ve found the earliest evidence of the ancient human urge to look as fly as possible. “Structurally and ...

Once overlooked, Morocco has emerged as a focal point of human prehistory, with new discoveries and a landmark report ...

Fossils from a Moroccan cave have been dated with remarkable accuracy to about 773,000 years ago, thanks to a magnetic ...

The skull of a Viking-era man who had part of his skull cut out in the world’s oldest surgical procedure has been unearthed.

Archaeologists have identified the oldest known example of sewn hide, a small fragment of elk hide meticulously stitched with twisted fiber, dating back approximately 12,400 years. Found within Cougar ...

Archaeologists uncover 12,000-year-old sewn hides, bone needles and artifacts in Oregon caves, revealing Ice Age clothing and ...

Humans and our ancestors have been creating tools, art, and everyday objects for millions of years, and each unexpected discovery teaches us something new about the development of our species. Relics ...