After revisiting items from a Brazilian museum, researchers think humans may have been hunting whales 5,000 years ago, a ...

A palm-sized fragment of elephant bone, shaped and used as a precision tool almost half a million years ago, has been identified as the oldest known elephant-bone implement in Europe. Although the ...

A smudge of blue on an ordinary-looking stone has forced archaeologists to rethink what Ice Age people in Europe could see, ...

The existential question of which countries are the oldest has long intrigued historians, and for good reason. However, defining what makes a country "old" is challenging, as it depends on historical ...

Amidst a cache of glittering golden treasures from the Iberian Bronze Age, a pair of corroded objects might be the most ...

Excavations inside Israel’s Cave of Horror uncovered Dead Sea Scroll fragments, the oldest known woven basket, and the ...

Docents at the interpretive center can explain to visitors that Kumeyaay people were known to be natural resource managers as ...

Researchers discover evidence that poison was used in weapons 60,000 years ago, revealing advanced planning and knowledge.

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Scientists have just identified the oldest traces of arrow poison on 60,000-year-old quartz arrows unearthed in South Africa.

Researchers say a 14th-century wooden door tucked inside a medieval chapel in Tallinn is Estonia's oldest, predating the ...

The vast majority of our planet’s oceans remain unexplored, hiding secrets that challenge everything we thought we knew about ...