Throughout history, cultures have left behind a trail of breadcrumbs for archaeologists to follow. New sites and artifacts ...

Archaeologists discovered a 2,200-year-old pyramid structure in the Judean Desert near the Dead Sea that featured stones ...

Archaeologists can finally publicly discuss the Melsonby Hoard, a collection of Iron Age artifacts that they have been ...

Researchers say this new discovery in Spain could play a major role in understanding the history of humans in Europe ...

Microscopic plant residues found on bedrock metates offer new insights into the diets and cultural practices of ancient Indigenous communities in the American West. The mortar, pestle, and cutting ...

When two hikers set out to explore a relatively unknown side of Europe they returned with much more than they bargained for.

Analysis - The ancestors of humans started making tools about 3.3 million years ago. First they made them out of stone, then ...

According to a statement released by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, archaeologists revealed further evidence of humans successfully hunting woolly mammoths 25,000 years ago within the Perschling ...

Paradigm-shattering discovery reveals that the relationship between early humans and Neanderthals was more complex than ...

Coto Correa has been the subject of much archaeological interest ever since 1950, when stone tools were found at the site. Since then, scientists have recovered a cadre of artifacts which they ...

The mortar, pestle and cutting board in your kitchen are modern versions of manos and metates—ancient cooking implements ...