New archaeological findings show that hunter-gatherers came ashore on the Mediterranean island of Malta about 8,500 years ago ...

New reconstructions based on the skeletons of two sisters who lived in a prehistoric mining community in what is now the Czech Republic show what they likely looked like and wore.

A chemical signature in Neanderthal remains that suggests voracious meat eating has long puzzled researchers. Now, new ...

A new study has shown that as early as the Stone Age, people in Africa traveled long distances to procure colorful stone, the raw material for the manufacture of tools.

The researchers believe that Neanderthals, an extinct species of human known to have lived in that area as far back as 125,000 years ago, smashed the marrow-rich bones into fragments with stone ...