Previously, the use of ivory was thought to date back about 120,000 years. But a new study, published in the International ...

Stone Age humans used a form of "prehistoric sunscreen" more than 40,000 years ago that may have helped them survive whilst ...

An archaeological site in Germany suggests communal hunting and complex thinking emerged earlier in human evolution than once thought.

An early human species – the Denisovans – who went extinct 25,000 years ago – lived across more of the world than was thought ...

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

Discoveries in the archaeological record have sparked debate about how we should define art. Some researchers argue that art ...

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

UNESCO designated 16 new geoparks, bringing the total number of sites in the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network to 229 in 50 countries. The network ...

The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, but it has not always been so inhospitable.