Learn about the bear attack that may have killed "Il Principe," a prehistoric teenager whose skeleton was found in a lavish burial site.

The Appalachian’s Arts & Culture desk is celebrating the season of love by rewinding to a different rom-com each day in ...

Madhya Pradesh, right in the heart of India, is one of those destinations that quietly surprises you. It brings together magnificent UNESCO-listed temples, thriving wildlife reserves, dramatic hilltop ...

A group of 6,000-year-old seashells has emerged as the loudest playable sound-producing instruments yet confirmed from ...

Building the human story based on a few artefacts is tricky – particularly for wooden tools that don’t preserve well, or cave ...

For 12,400 years, the cave’s arid air preserved two small scraps of elk hide stitched together with twisted fiber. These ...

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny details ...

A 12,000-year-old discovery offers a rare look at the emergence of complex technologies employed by America’s early inhabitants.

Will Lord is a survivalist in the UK who teaches prehistoric skills from a cave. Lord is a prominent experimental archaeologist and primitive skills expert, specializing in Stone Age survival and ...

The boy’s burial is as striking as his injuries. Hundreds of pierced shells formed a headdress. Ivory pendants and carved antlers accompanied him. A long flint blade—likely a prestige object—rested in ...

Handprints on cave walls in a largely unexplored area of Indonesia may be the oldest rock art studied so far, dating back to at least 67,800 ...

Archaeological evidence suggests humans intentionally produced fermented beverages as early as 15,000 years ago. Residues found in prehistoric caves and later Neolithic settlements indicate early ...