A tiny head carved from mammoth ivory looks back at us from the Stone Age. This sculpture, discovered at the archaeological ...

A study of Paleolithic skeletons from Central Europe suggests people's teeth were worn down and crowded together because of ...

Modern Japanese appear to be genetically descended from the Paleolithic Minatogawa people, according to DNA analysis of human remains in Okinawa Prefecture dating from 20,000 years ago. According ...

In the Ségognole 3 cave near Paris, scientists have found what may be the oldest 3D map in the world. It contains drawings of ...

The idea of a life course of a year, with weather, people, and animals traveling along with it was at the heart of the Paleolithic thought matrix. Marshack, for example, studied the amount of ...

A groundbreaking discovery in France has revealed what may be the world’s oldest three-dimensional map, created by ...

URUMA, Okinawa Prefecture--Human remains dating to as far back as 10,000 years ago that were unearthed in a cave here could prove to be the missing link between early Paleolithic people and later ...

to represent events, people, places, or things — including other abstract ideas (love, freedom, etc.). Upper Paleolithic (UP): A prehistoric Period. An assortment of prehistoric technologies ...

Dr. Thiry's earlier research, following his first visit to the site in 2017, established that Paleolithic people had "worked" the sandstone in a way that mirrored the female form, and opened ...

The modifications made to the sandstone by the Paleolithic people would have created flow paths for rainwater into the rock shelter, he explained. “This completely new discovery offers a better ...