Rows of tiny crosses and dots run along the flank of a mammoth no bigger than your palm. Someone carved it from a tusk around 40,000 years ago, then went back and added the marks with care. They show ...

Paleolithic humans domesticate dogs and spread them across Eurasia Ancient DNA shows dogs accompanied hunter‑gatherers across ...

The findings challenge prevailing domestication timelines in anthropology.

Beginning with the first accession of Paleolithic collections in 1869, the Smithsonian Institution and its scientific staff have shown great interest in pursuing research, education, and exhibition of ...

Two symposia "The Middle Paleolithic: climbing uphill slowly or going nowhere fast?" and "Stability and change in the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age" were held in Denver during the 2002 ...

Archaeologists have found an extraordinary cluster of Stone Age artifacts that may have been the personal gear of a single prehistoric individual. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Lower Paleolithic stone tools, including hand axes and a flake tool, were discovered along the Manchirevula forest track near ...

A new analysis of stone tools offers strong evidence for the theory that ancient people from the Pacific Rim traveled a coastal route from East Asia during the last ice age to become North America's ...

A newly discovered section of La Garma Cave in Spain preserved one of the best Paleolithic dwellings ever found after a rockfall sealed it like a time capsule. The oval structure was built around a ...

New insights into ancient East Asian hominins have arrived due to several tools detected in the region. These tools were found buried in oxygen-poor clay sediments on the shores of an ancient lake in ...