The Neolithic pit found in Alsleben was filled with the remains of beavers that were skinned by hunters from the ...

To get to Cave 338, high in the Pyrenees mountains, you must go primarily by foot. That’s exactly what a team of ...

A cave in the Pyrenees shows that prehistoric people repeatedly used high-mountain areas for copper mining over 7,000 years ...

High in Spain's eastern Pyrenees, a cave called Cova 338 sits at 2,235 meters above sea level — reachable only on foot ...

The hike to Cave 338 is tough. You start at the Monastery of Núria in the eastern Pyrenees, which is already pretty high.

At Tell Aswad in Syria, archaeologists uncovered plastered skulls with modeled noses, lips, ears, and closed eyes. These remarkable burials may preserve the most realistic human faces yet found from ...

New genetic and archaeological evidence is reshaping the long-standing narrative of the Neolithic Revolution in North Africa.

4,900 years ago, a Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm sacrificed hundreds of stones engraved with sun and field motifs. Archaeologists and climate scientists can now show that these ritual ...

A stone seal found at the archaeological site of Tadım Fortress in Türkiye reveals how Neolithic people lived 7,500 years ago. The seal is thought to possibly have identifying information to mark ...

Universalist explanation and prehistoric figures -- Comparison and context -- The questions we ask of images -- A cross-cultural explanation for female figurines? -- Mesoamerican figurines and the ...

A local Neolithic community in northeastern France may have clashed with foreign invaders, cutting off limbs as war trophies and otherwise brutalizing their prisoners of war, according to a new paper ...