Early human ancestors during the Old Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously known, according to research published Aug. 15. Not only did these early ...

The ~12,000-year-old remains of a man were discovered in a cave with a fatal injury to the neck caused by a quartz-tipped projectile.

New evidence shows ancient humans lived in Britain during the Ice Age, using tools and survival skills to adapt to extreme glacial conditions.

Sara Watson works for the FIeld Museum of Natural History and Indiana State University The Earth of the last Ice Age (about 26,000 to 19,000 years ago) was very different from today’s world. In the ...

Archaeologists have discovered an underwater city in Denmark's Bay of Aarhus, which is being hailed as the Stone Age Atlantis. The team uncovered animal bones, stone tools, arrowheads, a seal tooth ...

This photo provided by the Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropology Project in August 2025, shows Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than 6 miles away from where they were ...