Researchers has uncovered never before seen details in a set of prehistoric stone objects that feature a variety of artworks.

On a misty moor in Cornwall, a monument long thought to date to the medieval period has turned out to be more than meets the ...

A SKELETON with bones belonging to different people who lived 2,500 years apart has been discovered – and experts have found ...

Our ancestors probably used a wide range of plant-based tools that have since been lost to history. Now we're finally getting a glimpse of this Botanic Age ...

Scientists have uncovered 15,000-year-old medicinal herbs, shedding light on Stone Age health practices that echo today’s ...

MR. BURKITT'S “Old Stone Age”, a textbook for students, may for the purposes of a wider public be regarded as a progress report. Although it is a study of the period as a whole, and as such is ...

Plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The bubonic and septicemic forms — mainly infecting the lymph nodes and ...

Archaeologists have unravelled the mystery of a strange skeleton from Belgium consisting of bones from five people who lived ...

Oysters play a crucial role in the marine ecosystem as they filter water, create habitats and support the nutrient cycle.

researchers created a virtual face approximation of this 40-year-old woman who lived during the Neolithic period, or New Stone Age. Discovered during a dig at the Neolithic site Guar Kepah in ...

Eswatini in southern Africa is home to the world’s oldest ochre mine. A new study dates that mine to a full 48,000 years ago. Ochre is a clay-based pigment that was incredibly popular at that ...

Nearly 16,000-year-old portrayals of fish surrounded by nets had evaded detection until a new technique took magnification to a new level.