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Archaeologists have found a 2,200-year-old Greek pyramid-shaped structure near the Dead Sea, believed to be a former desert ...

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

Diana Vera, a passionate local guide from Serranía de la Lindosa, Colombia, leads a group of sweaty and panting European ...

In the streets of Anyama, children play and braziers smoke on corners. There is little to show that the ground of this ...

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The fragments uncovered were clearly produced by human hands using the distinctive techniques of the Clovis people.

The oldest in Western Europe, this fractured skull has introduced a series of new questions about early humanity.

The discovery of 1.5-million-year-old bone tools in Tanzania suggests early human ancestors had advanced cognitive abilities ...

Archaeologists in China have uncovered 53 ancient sites linked to the Hongshan culture, a prehistoric civilization dating ...

Our ancient ancestors were using bone tools at least 1.5 million years ago, roughly a million years earlier than was previously thought, a study published last week in the journal Nature reported. The ...

In a nutshell Archaeologists discovered 27 bone tools dating back 1.5 million years at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, pushing ...