New archaeological finds in Malta add to an emerging theory that early Stone Age humans cruised the open seas.

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

Long-distance seafarers crossed the Mediterranean Sea far earlier than scientists had believed, a new study has found.

Scholars generally agree that fire was crucial to human survival during the most recent Ice Age—yet in Europe ... archaeological record confirms that hunter-gatherers in Europe built fires ...

New archaeological discoveries from Malta suggest that prehistoric hunter-gatherers were far more capable oflong-distance sea ...

“Just excited to be able to have the opportunity.” When a high school-age Hunter was recruited, playing two ways was not the routine pitch he received. Hunter says only Deion Sanders, then ...

His curiosity paid off. Archaeologists have discovered that the stone is part of a larger Bronze Age ceremonial complex that dates back to around 1700 B.C.E. The site, which is located near the ...

Seafaring hunter-gatherers were accessing remote ... the research team found the traces of humans in the form of their stone tools, hearths, and cooked food waste. Small, remote islands were ...

A 7,500-year-old antler unearthed in Sweden had characteristic breakage patterns that suggest it was the handle for a battle ...

Fire was likely a key part of survival for ice age hunter-gatherers in what is now Europe. Yet a lack of evidence from the coldest part of the ice age has prevented scientists from saying how.