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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists in southeast Austria discovered what could be one of the most impressive sites of its era in ancient Europe. The ...
A 6,800-year-old skeleton has been unearthed in Germany, belonging to a person who lived as far back as 4800 BC. The remains are thought to belong to an older man from a Neolithic community, who may ...
Throughout history, volcanic eruptions have had serious consequences for human societies such as cold weather, lack of sun, and low crop yields. In the year 43 BC when a volcano in Alaska spewed large ...
Excavation section in the settlement mound of Aşıklı Höyük (Central Anatolia, Turkey). The numerous layers that formed during the millennia of settlement at the site are clearly visible. Modern ...
Archaeologists have revealed a "unique" prehistoric burial featuring the remains of a child whose skeleton displays evidence of unusual marks on its bones. The child's remains were discovered at an ...
Archaeologists at Karahantepe, one of the world’s oldest Neolithic sites, have uncovered the earliest known three-dimensional mythological depiction, hailed as the discovery of the century. Dating ...
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Neolithic human remains often show evidence of violence, but the cut marks on bones in El Mirador cave suggest intentional butchery for cannibalism
Around 5,700 years ago, a violent episode unfolded inside El Mirador cave in northern Spain. Archaeologists uncovered human remains marked by systematic tool cuts and deliberate fractures, securely ...
Evidence suggests that the settlement was spread across 15 acres. Archaeologists in France have uncovered a preserved settlement while investigating an area ahead of it being turned into a gravel pit.
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Burial indicates gender roles were clear, but also flexible, in Neolithic Hungary 7,000 years ago
Two burial sites from Hungary provide contrasting pictures of gender divisions as the Stone Age entered its final stage.
4,900 years ago, a Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm sacrificed hundreds of stones engraved with sun and field motifs. Archaeologists and climate scientists can now show that these ritual ...
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