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 ...

For decades, archaeologists have studied the remains of Pavlovian peoples, who lived in Central Europe between 29,000 and ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

A new study has shown that as early as the Stone Age, people in Africa traveled long distances to procure colorful stone, the ...

How DNA in dirt is reshaping our understanding of Stone Age humans The surprise discovery that ancient human DNA can survive in sediments and soil is revolutionising the study of Paleolithic minds ...

K. McGrath et al. Late Paleolithic whale bone tools reveal human and whale ecology in the Bay of Biscay. Nature Communications . Published May 27, 2025. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-59486-8.

Experiments and simulations show Paleolithic paddlers could outwit the powerful Kuroshio Current by launching dugout canoes from northern Taiwan and steering southeast toward Okinawa. A modern ...

Stone tools discovered in southwest China could challenge what's known about human origins during the Stone Age. The tools, found at Longtan site, were crafted in Neanderthal-associated Quina ...

Is your knowledge of the Stone Age rock-solid? Archaeologists often break up this lengthy time span into three periods — the Paleolithic (3.3 million to 12,000 years ago), the Mesolithic (12,000 ...