What were the lives of women like throughout the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic periods? Modern archaeology is only just beginning to provide a clear picture ...

A prehistoric human skeleton buried alongside a number of wild animal remains may represent the burial of a "shaman" who died around 12,000 years ago, a study has proposed. The burial was excavated in ...

The prehistoric peopling of Europe has long been documented as occurring in waves from the western edge of Eurasia.

The Maasai are the current residents of Engare Sero, a region in Northern Tanzania. They've shifted from the nomadic lifestyle that prehistoric humans in the area had. (Tomas Adzke/Deposit Photos/) ...

Recent scientific reevaluations of remains have historians rethinking the prevalence of women fighters throughout history. In an ancient cemetery in Sárrétudvari, Hungary, archaeologists have ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a mysterious prehistoric grave site in Granada, Spain, with more women than men buried, raising questions about the demographic of the ancient region. Spain’s Panoría ...

“Prehistoric women had stronger arms than today’s elite rowing crews.” That’s not a joke it is true, according to Dr. Alison Macintosh from Cambridge University whose research demonstrated that ...

A submerged prehistoric structure has been found to be far older than once thought, according to a new study. The findings shed new light on the early human settlement of the Balearic Islands in the ...