The Stone Age was a prehistoric period that lasted more than 3 million years, from the point when human ancestors began using stone tools until the time we invented metalworking.. Archaeologists ...

While the distance of 140 miles isn’t mighty when compared to some of the voyages the Polynesians are known to have made, it ...

A few other Upper Paleolithic sites — which, in general, date to between around 40,000 and 12,000 years ago — also contain remnants of textiles, baskets and rope (SN: 5/6/95; SN: 9/10/09).

Misconception: Stone Age women didn’t get involved in the action. The Venus of Willendorf, a 11-centimeter-tall limestone figurine of a woman dating to 29,500 years ago.

Engravings from nearly 16,000 years ago peel back the curtain on ancient European society. Hundreds of stones found with etchings reveal practices of the Stone Age Magdalenians ...

Stone Age 'megastructure' under Baltic Sea ... wall made from over 1,500 granite stones that runs for almost a kilometer. The evidence suggests it was constructed by Paleolithic people ...

The Upper Paleolithic (50,000 to 12,000 years ago ... "Our analysis on the boomerang found at the Obłazowa site has yielded groundbreaking insights into its age," the researchers wrote, positioning ...

Archaeologists have identified what may be Europe's oldest human-made megastructure, submerged 21 meters below the Baltic Sea in the Bay of Mecklenburg, Germany. This structure—which has been ...