The study, published in the journal Nature, is based on a years-long examination of a reddish patch of sediment excavated at ...

At the Paleolithic site of Medzhibozh in Ukraine, archaeologists identified ivory fragments shaped into tools nearly 400,000 ...

A remarkably intact pottery vessel dating back more than 10,000 years has been recovered from the depths of Lake Biwa, Japan, marking one of the oldest and most significant ceramic discoveries in ...

A team of researchers led by the British Museum has unearthed the oldest known evidence of fire-making, dating back more than ...

In 2023, archaeologists announced the discovery of arrowheads in a grotto in southern France dated to 54,000 years ago, and ...

Seven 115,000-year-old human footprints have been discovered, preserved in an ancient lakebed in Saudi Arabia.

Evidence uncovered in a field in Suffolk, England indicates that ancient humans intentionally harnessed fire more than ...

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