Ephedra seeds found in an ancient burial pit may be the earliest evidence yet for the medicinal use of plants.

Archaeologists in Tajikistan have discovered a rock-shelter that may have been a migration site for Neanderthals, Denisovans, ...

Gone for ever is the straightforward succession of Palaeolithic cultures from Chellian to Magdalenian as laid down in the Musee Prehistorique. Even so early as 1912, when Breuil produced his ...

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 ...

A series of ancient drawings at a Palaeolithic site in Germany appear to show fish caught in nets, suggesting that the use of this fishing technology may go back further than previously thought.

The Breckland Palaeolithic Project is a three year project funded by a Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant. Commencing May 2016, the project aims to use the rich geological, archaeological and ...

Gunung Padang, a controversial archaeological site in Indonesia, is believed by some to be the world's oldest pyramid, potentially dating back 25,000 years. The site features intriguing stone ...

The well-preserved remains offered researchers a rare glimpse into a troubled infancy during the Upper Palaeolithic era.

It was made sometime between 60,000 and 40,000 years ago (during the Middle Palaeolithic) and was part of the tool kit used by Neanderthals. Handaxes are thought to have been used primarily for ...

Britain has a rich and well-documented earlier Palaeolithic record, which provides a unique resource to investigate population dynamics and the relationship with north-west Europe during the Middle ...

It was found during work at an "ancient hunting site" near Angoulême station. The Palaeolithic stone plate, which is said to be about 25cm long, 18cm wide and 3cm thick, "combines geometric and ...