When was the first alcoholic beverage made? Which beverages were made in ancient times by the different civilizations? What I ...

Using well-preserved ancient DNA, researchers have created a life-like facial reconstruction of a woman who lived in ...

Layers within the cave show a high density of Neolithic settlements, and trace life back to Middle Paleolithic and Mesolithic times. The figurine in question (dubbed Unit 5.2) ...

She gazes out with piercing blue eyes. Her face, neither pale nor dark, sits framed by long, dark hair. If you passed her in ...

Archaeologists often break up this lengthy time span into three periods — the Paleolithic (3.3 million to 12,000 years ago), the Mesolithic (12,000 to 10,000 years ago), and the Neolithic ...

AN important mesolithic site consisting of a group of pit-dwellings has been excavated by Dr. J. G. D. Clark near Farnham, Surrey. It was discovered by Mr. W. F. Rankine, a local archæologist ...

The shell fragments came from four Mesolithic hunter-gatherer sites and 11 sites ranging from the Neolithic up to the Iron Age. Some of these sites had also been occupied during more than one period.

The Mesolithic pits contain animal bones, including those of an extinct species of cattle. The pits could shed light on how prehistoric people lived in what's now Bedfordshire, England.

Genetic research has unlocked the mystery behind a Mesolithic double burial unearthed in Germany. Dating back to 7000-6800 BCE, the discovery of an adult woman and an infant in Bad Dürrenberg has ...

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.

Scientists are close to finding a hidden underwater civilization. Earth’s magnetic fields may soon reveal the submerged Doggerland.

A two-inch Mesolithic stone figurine from Azerbaijan tells a tale of cultural growth. It’s the first cultural find from the area of the South Caucasus. The sandstone figurine depicts a human ...