It looks just like a worn-out crayon you'd find at the bottom of a kid's art box, but this one has an important difference: it's 10,000 years old. Archaeologists unearthed the ancient ochre crayon, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Archaeologists discovered a 6400–6100 B.C. sandstone figurine in Azerbaijan’s Damjili Cave, marking a rare find from the Mesolithic era. Microscopic ...

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In northern Europe, the most vulnerable periods of prehistory are not to be discovered in the earth but beneath the water. Off the coast of Aarhus, Denmark’s second-largest city, a Mesolithic ...

Mesolithic decorated antler fragment found in Sweden. Credit: Peter Zetterlund / National Historical Museums A recent archaeological study in Sweden has revealed a fascinating discovery that ...

The alignment of the pits discovered suggests a ritual purpose. Museum of London Archaeology Archaeologists in Bedfordshire, England, have found a cluster of 25 monumental pits that date to the ...

Researchers studying the remains of a prehistoric woman who lived around 10,500 years ago in what is now Belgium have produced a reconstruction of her face using ancient DNA. A team led by scientists ...

A new research shows that ancient Europeans from around 7,000 years ago may have had blue eyes and dark skin. Researchers involved in the study conducted DNA analysis on the remains of a Mesolithic ...

Alarming results from a 2019 survey of well-known archaeological site Ageröd reveal drastic bone and organic matter deterioration since the site's initial excavations in the 1940s, suggesting action ...

Analysis of the skeletal remains of a Mesolithic man found in a cave on a Croatian island has revealed microscopic fish and plant remains in the dental plaque of a tooth -- a first-time discovery for ...