Researchers have generally thought that only prehistoric males hunted—but what if evidence against that idea has been lying ...

A prehistoric human skeleton buried alongside a number of wild animal remains may represent the burial of a "shaman" who died around 12,000 years ago, a study has proposed. The burial was excavated in ...

The prehistoric peopling of Europe has long been documented as occurring in waves from the western edge of Eurasia.

Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery in Turkey, uncovering a lost land bridge that could significantly alter our understanding of human migration and European history. This remarkable ...

Prehistoric human babies probably looked just like their parents from the moment they were born. Not only would this have ...

Fossilized footprints in Saudi Arabia show human traffic on the cusp of a subsequent ice age. Like carbon dating, scientists use isotopes and context clues to calculate the approximate age of fossils.

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Tens of thousands of years ago, our species — Homo sapiens — ...

Scientists have discovered evidence of stone megastructures on the Karst Plateau on the border of Slovenia and Italy that were most likely built before the Late Bronze Age. These enormous structures ...