A fascinating new study suggests that ancient rock art in South Africa may depict a now-extinct species. According to research published in September 2024, the mysterious tusked animal in the artwork ...

The bones of butchered and cooked animals have been found in the most high-status graves. Some hold the skulls of wild sheep, ...

Metal detectorists in modern-day Romania discovered a stash of silver treasure from around 500 B.C. The silver treasure ...

In a groundbreaking archaeological discovery in western Texas, a team of researchers has unearthed a monumental hunting kit ...

Additionally, ancient humans may have ramped up their use of ochre. This naturally occurring pigment is composed of iron ...

BREWSTER COUNTY, Texas — An archaeological site in the Big Bend region of West Texas unveiled a trove of ancient weapons ... The monumental findings from a cave in the region reveal tools from an ...

Rock art, Itatiaia National Park, Brazil. ITATIAIA NATIONAL PARK, BRAZIL––Agência Brasil reports that ancient paintings were recently located in a cave in Itatiaia National P ...

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

A new study unveils the potential reason children participated in creating prehistoric cave art. In prehistoric societies, ...

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists ...

A fossilized jawbone found off the coast of Taiwan more than 20 years ago belonged to a group of ancient humans, called the ...

A bone discovered in Taiwan turns out to have belonged to a Denisovan, a lineage previously identified only thousands of ...