Learn why drastic drops in temperature sent European hunter-gathers in search of a warmer place to live.

Similarities in fabrication techniques suggest that Paleolithic people passed on their methods - and may have shared them ...

“If we look specifically at head hair, we can see that it is styled,” Berman wrote. “The most famous Venus figurine, the ...

Evidence from a prehistoric site at the shore of the Dnister river in modern-day Ukraine shows that people living during the ...

A new study sheds light on how prehistoric hunter-gatherer populations in Europe coped with climate changes over 12,000 years ago. Led by scientists from the University of Cologne, a team of 25 ...

In his recently published book Archaeology of Paleolithic Age, Li wrote about his finds such as ancient human skull fossils. His blocks of text, however, have been interspersed with small photos.

In a time long before cities, farms, or even written words, early humans across the Levant were already shaping a complex ...

New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before. During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans' neighbors, new technologies meant ...

Whether for cooking, heating, as a light source or for making tools—it is assumed that fire was essential for the survival of ...

Theopetra Cave, in Greece, believed to be the oldest human construction on earth, reopened to the public after 9 years of ...

Some 60,000-year-old wild Sichuan pepper seeds unearthed at the Mengxihe Site in Ziyang, Sichuan province, have helped shed light on Paleolithic human diets that included a spicy and numbing flavor.