Stone age humans were using poison for hunting far longer than previously believed. In A Nutshell Chemical traces survived ...

In 1981, a clay sculpture called the "Great Mother" was discovered in an ancient village in North Macedonia known as Tumba ...

Archaeologists excavating at Tadım Fortress and Höyük in eastern Turkey have unearthed a remarkable stone seal dating back 7,500 years, pushing evidence of organized settlement in the Elazig region ...

A small carved stone, pulled from the soil of eastern Türkiye, is forcing archaeologists to rethink how sophisticated some of ...

Researchers have uncovered chemical evidence that humans in what is now South Africa were using poisoned arrows for hunting ...

A fascinating archaeological discovery in South Africa has revealed that humans were using sophisticated poisoned arrows 60,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented. Chemical analysis of ...

Traces of a toxic chemical found on 60,000-year-old arrowheads hint at advanced planning by Palaeolithic hunters.

A 7,500-year-old stone seal found in eastern Turkey reveals clues about prehistoric administration, trade, and identity.

Ahead of the development of a high-speed railway near Gerstaberg, Sweden, archaeologists recently excavated a bog that was once a lake. During their dig, they came across two surprising artifacts: a ...

“Age is just a number. So don’t take this personally,” the Spotify slide warns, before revealing each user’s calculated listening age. How exactly did Spotify land on that number, though? Marc Hazan, ...

The Stones of Stenness, a brood of lichen-encrusted megaliths in the far north of the British Isles, could be mistaken for a latter-day work of land art, one with ominous overtones. The stones stand ...

Scientists conducting a new analysis of ancient Stone Age artifacts in the Americas and Asia believe they have found evidence that the First Americans traveled from East Asia along the coast over ...