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

Archaeological records indicate that prehistoric people in Europe relied on fire throughout the Ice Age—but the evidence ...

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

"Słupcio" — or "little guy from Słupsk" in Polish — is the name given to the amber bear in 2013, when a Polish kindergartner ...

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

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

a period from 50,000 to 12,000 years ago. The amber bears may be further evidence of the Paleolithic tradition of representing animals in cave paintings and portable objects, and they also show ...

Reproductive scientist Gabriela Mastromonaco on the impossibility of truly reviving extinct species, the dangerous ...

Our ancestors’ ability to recognize water sources was crucial to their survival. As a result, the attraction to lustrous ...