The prehistoric peopling of Europe has long been documented as occurring in waves from the western edge of Eurasia.

A prehistoric human skeleton buried alongside a number of wild animal remains may represent the burial of a "shaman" who died around 12,000 years ago, a study has proposed. The burial was excavated in ...

However, because infant specimens are extremely rare in the fossil record, scientists were until now unsure if these ...

Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in Turkey, uncovering a lost land bridge that could significantly alter our understanding of human migration and European history. This remarkable ...

Fossilized footprints in Saudi Arabia show human traffic on the cusp of a subsequent ice age. Like carbon dating, scientists use isotopes and context clues to calculate the approximate age of fossils.

In small-group, subsistence living, it makes sense for everyone to do lots of jobs. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Prehistoric ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Tens of thousands of years ago, our species — Homo sapiens — ...

Scientists have discovered evidence of stone megastructures on the Karst Plateau on the border of Slovenia and Italy that were most likely built before the Late Bronze Age. These enormous structures ...

A study of 780,000-year-old food remains has shed light on the diets of prehistoric human hunter-gatherers. The research has revealed that hominins—a group containing modern humans plus our closest ...