Discovery of complex pre-historic tools in China suggests our ancestors were far more advanced than thought - Find suggests ...

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.

A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a million years ago, has been uncovered in ...

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

Whale bones retrieved from prehistoric shores are shedding light on how humans lived—and hunted—along Europe's vanished coastlines. Reading time 2 minutes Perhaps the greatest challenge to studying ...

More than 30,000 years ago, seafaring humans made a momentous trek from present-day Taiwan to the Ryukyu Islands of southwestern Japan—a journey of some 140 miles without any of the advanced ...

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

Large projectile point made of Gray Whale bone from the Duruthy rockshelter, Landes, France, dated between 18,000 and 17,500 years ago. CREDIT: Alexandre Lefebvre. Get the Popular Science daily ...

Archaeologists do not have clear evidence as to when prehistoric humans started shearing sheep, nor when early textile making began. One of the main theories in this regard is that it began during the ...

After a recent fossil discovery, we now have new insights into the behaviors of a group of prehistoric humans. A team of ...

Archaeologists have made an important discovery in understanding the prehistoric roots of one of the world's most common funeral practices - cremation. NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce reports on how the ...