Microscopic feathers provide clearest evidence yet of ceremonial clothing used in shamanic burial rituals in prehistoric ...

Is a 10,000-year-old civilisation hidden beneath the soil of Odisha? Investigations are underway at the Bhimmandali mountains ...

“The pronounced increase in biface knapping skill evident from around half a million years ago in Britain may reflect a ...

The ability of the early toolmakers to select high-quality stone, produce sharp flakes, and return to familiar raw-material ...

Archaeologists in Spain have brought back the voice of the Neolithic by successfully playing ancient shells that had been ...

An amazing find in a Wisconsin lake has rewritten the timeline of advanced cultures in North America by centuries.

Your iPhone's battery life might be impressive, but it's nothing compared to the longevity of these ancient 'walkie-talkies'.

As a youngster growing up in Sheringham, I would sometimes visit the beach after a storm to find twisted metal and broken concrete where the sea ...

According to the researchers, the poison used on the arrows came from the bulb of the local plant Boophone disticha.

Scientists have discovered poisonous arrowheads that were used by hunters approximately 60,000 years ago in South Africa. The ...

Sixteen 5,200-year-old canoes have been discovered under Lake Mendota in the U.S., making most of them older than the ...

A fascinating archaeological discovery in South Africa has revealed that humans were using sophisticated poisoned arrows 60,000 years ago, far earlier than previously documented. Chemical analysis of ...