Roughly 476,000 years ago, early human ancestors were already building wooden structures, far earlier than scientists thought ...

On the tropical island of Muna, off southeastern Sulawesi in Indonesia, a cave known as Liang Metanduno holds layers of artwork spanning thousands of years. Birds, boats, mounted warriors and human ...

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material could be ...

The oldest known images on cave walls and stone fragments are forcing a rewrite of who first made art and how sophisticated those early pictures really were. Far from crude doodles, these works show ...

Teeth are like tiny biological time capsules. They tell stories about ancient diets and environments long after their owners have died and landscapes have changed. After bones break down, tooth enamel ...