New research around Stonehenge is transforming a familiar monument into the hub of a vast prehistoric logistics system.

The "very rare" find provides an extraordinary glimpse into the ingenuity of early human relatives who lived around half a ...

When workers near the Spanish town of Villena uncovered a glittering stash of Bronze Age gold in the 1960s, it was quickly ...

A new study refines radiocarbon dating of marine remains and significantly improves the precision with which the human past ...

The origins of whaling are highly debated. Now, some of the earliest signs of active whale hunting have appeared somewhere unexpected: southern Brazil.

Archaeologists uncover a 500,000-year-old elephant bone tool in Europe, offering rare insight into early human innovation.

Archaeologists in Cyprus uncover a curved stone structure, rare engraved figurine and early tools, shedding new light on ...

A palm-sized fragment of elephant bone, shaped and used as a precision tool almost half a million years ago, has been identified as the oldest known elephant-bone implement in Europe. Although the ...

Archaeologists studying a nearly 500,000-year-old elephant bone hammer have determined the ancient tool was made by ...

In a prominent paper published in 1977,Xia drew on nearly 100 radiocarbon-dated samples to systematically establish absolute ...

Discoveries at a controversial southeastern archaeological site could potentially push back the timelines for human arrival ...