In a cave in eastern China, an exceptional fossil has been uncovered: that of a prehistoric cat so small it could have fit in ...

Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm sacrificed hundreds of stones engraved with sun and field motifs. Archaeologists and climate scientists can now show that these ritual sacrifices ...

Analyzing the chemistry of some ancient teeth has revealed what human ancestors were eating around 3 million years ago.

The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances ...

A bio-archaeologist with the University of Reading, in the U.K., has found an ancient dog's red-painted penis bone along with a trove of other bones, in an ancient Roman era quarry shaft.

2, over 14,000 items, including distinctive flake tools, animal fossils ... "Besides the stone tools, the artifacts, which include bones with traces of fire use, burned stones, and decorative ...

In Sao Paulo and at the Federal University of Sao Carlos, Pacheco studies the chemical changes that occur when a bone becomes a fossil ... 14,500-year-old stone tools, pieces of preserved animal ...

But some archaeologists say it's hard to imagine that humans would repeatedly traverse a site and leave no stone tools ... changes that occur when a bone becomes a fossil. This allows her team ...

In Sao Paulo and at the Federal University of Sao Carlos, Pacheco studies the chemical changes that occur when a bone becomes a fossil ... 14,500-year-old stone tools, pieces of preserved animal ...

In Sao Paulo and at the Federal University of Sao Carlos, Pacheco studies the chemical changes that occur when a bone becomes a fossil ... 14,500-year-old stone tools, pieces of preserved animal ...

It didn't take much to excavate these fossils. (New York State Museum) The man decided to call in professionals from the New York State Museum and SUNY (State University of New York) Orange to ...