"I don't think that Queens of the Stone Age is just a very easy first-listen band," Homme admitted during a 2024 interview, noting some fans have taken a while to warm up to the band's style.

The basic chronology — Stone Age to Bronze Age to Iron Age — now underpins the archaeology of most of the Old World (and cartoons like “The Flintstones” and “The Croods”).

Queens of the Stone Age have announced a fall North American tour set to hit the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan this October. Presales are now live on Ticketmaster ahead of the general on-sale.

Researchers and artists have created a striking facial reconstruction of a Stone Age woman who lived roughly 10,500 years ago in what is now Belgium. The detailed depiction of the prehistoric ...

For her, the notion that our Stone Age forebears were artisans serves to humanize them. “Working wood is slow, even if you’re good at it,” she said.