A missing fragment of a famous Ice Age figurine discovered 20 years ago has been unearthed, presenting some puzzling questions for archaeologists. During excavations at the Hohle Fels cave in ...

The "body" of a prehistoric ivory figurine was recently discovered in Germany. The head was found in 1999, and for years, archaeologists believed it to be a horse. Now, they're trying to figure out ...

Archaeologists in Germany have discovered the missing piece of an ice age carving deep in a cave. But the new addition of the ivory carving, originally thought to depict a horse, has actually ...

Researchers have discovered hundreds of prehistoric animal bones—including the remains of a cave lion and a mammoth—at a cave in Poland. The so-called Paradise Cave (Jaskinia Raj), located in the ...

Hervé Bocherens says his colleagues find his research methods a little "crude." He dissolves 30,000-year-old animal bones in hydrochloric acid strong enough to burn through metal, soaks the bone ...

A shot placement diagram demonstrating the angle that a wooden spear likely struck the ancient cave lion. A 48,000-year-old lion skeleton found in a cave in modern-day Germany has provided researchers ...