Researchers believe the site was used as a ritual gathering place during the Neolithic period thousands of years ago.

Over 100 small stone objects from Neolithic period are the earliest instance of 'spindle whorls,' used to spin fibers into ...

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

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

Pupils could be asked to make a list of the ways life in the New Stone Age was different to life in the Mesolithic period: did it change a little or a lot? Does grandad in the clip think it has ...

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 ...

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 ...

Advanced analysis of prehistoric cave art has revealed new insights into the fishing practices of Paleolithic societies.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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