For decades, scholars believed Ice Age artists stuck to a limited palette of reds and blacks. Now, a vivid surprise from a ...

Analyzing a stone from the Paleolithic site Mühlheim-Dietesheim in Germany, however, researchers identified the earliest known use of blue mineral pigment in Europe. The results of the study, ...

Archaeologists have found an extraordinary cluster of Stone Age artifacts that may have been the personal gear of a single ...

The discovery of a stone long overlooked in a German museum suggests that Ice Age communities experimented with vivid hues ...

Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia some 2.8 million years ago, revealing branching evolutionary stories of survival, intermixing ...

Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia some 2.8 million years ago revealing branching evolutionary stories of survival, intermixing, ...

Not much is known about the mysterious, prehistoric Châtelperronian people, but they did leave behind some tantalizing clues.

The pictures appearing on these pages —published for the first time outside of France—are from the walls of a cavern near Montignac, Dordogne, a limestone region where many similar, though less ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a set of "truly significant" Stone Age artifacts during an excavation being conducted ahead of planned road improvement in northern England, researchers told Newsweek.

More than half a century ago, Chinese researchers uncovered thousands of pieces of an ancient cultural puzzle. Their summertime excavation about halfway up a hill overlooking northern China’s Shiyu ...

XI'AN, 10 June (BelTA - Xinhua) - Archaeologists have discovered more than 100 Paleolithic sites in the city of Weinan, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, confirming that human activity in this ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A group of Ice Age hunter-gatherers living in central Europe may ...