prehistoric, Tag

America’s oldest known archaeological site is only 27 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. This conveniently located attraction is known as Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village.[...]

If a group of prehistoric women somehow time-traveled to the present, they could probably lick the rowers of Cambridge University's boat club in a race...

Sometimes, there are benefits to being clumsy - so discovered 9-year-old Jude Sparks on a recent hike in New Mexico's Orange Mountains. On a trip with his family, Sparks tripped over an object which he first thought was “just...

A literal breath of air from the time of Earth’s first animals was recently found, extracted, and analyzed by University of Aberdeen scientists. The discovery of atmospheric gas trapped in a sample of halite shows that...

Archaeologist Deigo Garate made the amazing find nearly 1,000 feet underground in the northern Spanish cave. No one had excavated the area that deeply yet, even though Garate has spent ten years searching Basque Country caves...

With the discovery of a tooth here or a bone fragment there, archaeologists piece together the history of humanity - and a recent discovery on the Indonesian island of Flores provides new insight into human evolution...

Researchers recently discovered a fossilized jawbone that could have belonged to a new type of prehistoric human. The jawbone, originally found by fishermen in the Penghu Channel near Taiwan, has features which suggest it...

Researchers recently discovered a fossilized jawbone that could have belonged to a new type of prehistoric human. The jawbone, originally found by fishermen in the Penghu Channel near Taiwan, has features which suggest it...

Previously unknown archaeological monuments have been discovered around Stonehenge as part of an enormous digital mapping project that has transformed scientists' knowledge of this iconic landscape...