Archaeologists analyze the carbon isotope values of hazelnuts from ancient Mesolithic and Neolithic sites in Sweden, to see what the local woods were like
University of Tübingen-led international research team investigates how our ancestors used the best material to make stone tools
Did Neanderthals use glue? Analysis of 40,000-year old tools reveals surprisingly sophisticated construction
Ancient DNA analysis reveals six cases of Down syndrome, three of which were from the Iberian Peninsula’s Iron Age, in Navarre
14,500 to 10,500 years ago, prehistoric peoples harvesting vegetation from the Shubayqa wetlands of eastern Jordan created a habitat for birds
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University crafted replica stone age tools and used them for a range of tasks to see how different activities create traces on the edge
Neolithic groups from the south of the Iberian Peninsula first settled in San Fernando (Cadiz) 6,200 years ago, according to a new study published in Archaeological and Anthropological Science
Vittrup Man crossed over from forager to farmer before being sacrificed in Denmark: DNA, isotope, protein analysis reveal genetic ancestry and migration of a human found in a peat bog
The oldest known bead in the Americas was found at the La Prele Mammoth site, it is about 12,940 years old
A new study shows, among other things, that there have been two almost total population turnovers in Denmark over the past 7,300 years