Rare hand axes from the Sakhnin Valley show Homo erectus picked fossil- and crystal-rich stones for visual appeal, hinting at ...

Most animal species last a few million years before going extinct but there are always exceptions called living fossils. Some of these animals have been around for hundreds of millions of years! Let’s ...

Ever wonder how saber-toothed cats and other extinct creatures behaved? Well, a team of scientists unearthed ancient footprints that offer insight into how various prehistoric animals lived as far ...

Based on fossil finds, archaeologists are now piecing together how ancient humans thrived in a land dominated by dangerous large animals. A study published in the journal Science Advances has unveiled ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We see four images of a horse painted on a cave wall. The bottom two images are brighter. Using an unconventional, centuries-old ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Archaeologists found three new drawings from tens of thousands of years ago in a Spanish cave. They used a visual technique called ...

For the past year and a half, with scant public attention, squads of archaeologists digging at the Miami River site of a planned Related Group residential tower complex have unearthed remarkable finds ...

Is the order of the modern alphabet connected to how our shared ancestors counted the phases of the moon and its effect on tides 50,000 years ago? Did the first stirrings of government and bureaucracy ...

There’s unique, and then there’s the pangolin. These incredible creatures resemble something from prehistoric times with their protective suit of armor. However, it isn’t just how they look that sets ...

Archaeologists excavating a paleolithic cave site in Galilee, Israel, have found evidence that a deep-cave compound at the site may have been used for ritualistic gatherings, according to a new paper ...