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 often ...

The alignment of the pits discovered suggests a ritual purpose. Museum of London Archaeology Archaeologists in Bedfordshire, England, have found a cluster of 25 monumental pits that date to the ...

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As the Ice Age ended, Mesolithic communities adapted to new environments, creating tools, art, and early settlements. This ...

Working in a cave in Liguria, Italy, an international team of researchers uncovered the oldest documented burial of an infant girl in the European archaeological record. The richly decorated ...

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Archeologists from Lund University in Sweden have mapped out a stone age site from 9,000 years ago. This one, however, is located underwater in Hanö Bay in the Baltic Sea. The rest of this article is ...

A genderless human figurine, carved 8,000 years ago, raises questions about how agriculture arrived in the South Caucasus.