Around 40,000 years ago, Paleolithic people inscribed bone with symbols that appear to be part of some sort of writing system.

The Trump administration and its various accomplices at home and abroad seek to obliterate the culture and historical memory ...

New archaeological evidence challenges the popular image of Paleolithic humans as predominantly meat-eaters. If you imagine early humans living on big game alone, new research says that picture is ...

New findings suggest humans mastered fire far earlier than believed, transforming diets, social life, and survival in ancient ...

Ancient European hunter-gatherers were far more advanced in their cooking methods than previously thought, a new study has ...

A study of 125 skeletons from two Neolithic cemeteries in Hungary has revealed that men and women had clear gender roles — ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 40,000-year-old mammoth figurine with engraved rows of crosses and dots [University of Tübingen / Hildegard Jensen] The history ...

A 40,000-year-old mammoth figurine with engraved rows of crosses and dots The history of writing down thoughts and feelings could be tens of thousands of years older than previously believed, ...

6,000-year-old pottery reveals prehistoric humans cooked gourmet food with plants and fish, offering new insight into ancient ...

Burned crusts on ancient pottery reveal that Stone Age people cooked fish together with berries, seeds, and other plants.

A prehistoric mass grave in Serbia reveals that more than 77 people—mostly women and children—were deliberately killed in a brutal act of violence about 2,800 years ago. Genetic evidence suggests the ...

Karnataka's State Archaeology Department is making prehistoric heritage accessible through bilingual digital content and ...