Excavations in Ukraine uncovered ivory tools made nearly 400,000 years ago, pushing back the use of carved ivory by 300,000 ...

Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring ...

When Ohio’s Overfield Tavern Museum went up in flames in December 2024, it created a rare opportunity for archeologists to ...

Long before the first sparks of civilization — or even humanity as we know it — our ancestors were already inventors. On the ...

More than a million years ago, early human relatives crossed an enormous sea to reach the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The ...

The site sits within sediments that record major environmental upheaval in East Africa during the late Pliocene. Around 3.44 ...

Archaeologists discovered a 6400–6100 B.C. sandstone figurine in Azerbaijan’s Damjili Cave, marking a rare find from the ...

Evidence from caves in France and Spain shows Neanderthals made symbolic art long before Homo sapiens, reshaping ideas about ...

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa ...

The role of megafaunal exploitation in early human evolution remains debated. Occasional use of large carcasses by early hominins has been considered by some as opportunistic, possibly a fallback ...

Namorotukunan reveals an enduring tradition, not a moment: human ancestors made the same types of tools for hundreds of ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum spans an impressive 500,000 square meters, making it the world's largest archaeological facility dedicated to a single civilization. Housing more than 100,000 artifacts ...