The traditional image of small groups of hunter-gatherers, isolated and struggling to survive in a hostile glacial landscape, is definitively shattered by the results of an international study ...

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

Over five millennia ago, Stone Age people in Central Europe crafted wooden handles for their stone tools. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

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 ...

Some of history's most important inventions can be credited to the British, from the steam engine to the World Wide Web. Now, research places one of the world's most profound discoveries on our shores ...