Stone Age artifacts discovered in a German cave could push back the origins of writing by 30,000 years. willbrasil - stock.adobe.com The origins of writing aren’t set in stone. The ancient cave ...

For years, the Loch Bhorgastail crannog on the Isle of Lewis appeared from above to be a stone-built artificial island. However, the Islands of Stone project, funded by the Arts & Humanities Research ...

A planned road expansion in Nottinghamshire, England, has uncovered a significant archaeological site. Digs revealed evidence ...

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Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis by linguist Christian Bentz at Saarland University and archaeologist Ewa ...

For more than a century, scholars stared at the same strange marks and got almost nowhere. The signs belonged to Linear ...

The “sacred arc” theory might sound like a plot point straight out of a fantasy novel, but it really describes an archaeologist’s suspicion that Stone Age people in southwestern England built a ...

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 ...

Archaeologists in southeast Austria discovered what could be one of the most impressive sites of its era in ancient Europe. The team found three circular ditch systems that date to around 6,500 years ...

Archaeology Did modern humans wipe out the Neanderthals? New evidence may finally provide answers. Extinct species Triassic croc relative from Ghost Ranch, New Mexico finally identified after nearly ...

Surprising evidence at the world’s oldest temple overturns our understanding of human history. Surprising evidence at the world’s oldest temple overturns our understanding of human history. The latest ...