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Prehistoric cave hidden beneath Pembroke Castle reveals 120,000 years of human and animal history

Tales of the prehistoric graves dating back to Neolithic times

Just outside the Cotswolds comes a story that possibly preserves some of the earliest thinking about the long barrows created by our Neolithic ancestors.

Prehistoric hippo bones a 'once in a lifetime' find in cave under Welsh castle

Archaeologists have so far uncovered "extremely rare" evidence of early humans and animals at the cave.

146,000-Year-Old Discovery Rewrites the Story of Human Creativity

Crystals preserved inside a prehistoric bone led scientists to revise the estimated age of the archaeological site, suggesting that its stone tools were crafted during a severe ice...

Hidden Cave in Britain Reveals Prehistoric Hippos, Ice Age Animals, and Evidence of Early Humans Spanning Over 100,000 Y...

Learn how archaeologists exploring Wogan Cavern uncovered a once-in-a-lifetime find beneath a Welsh castle, revealing Ice Age animals, ancient humans, and climate change in Britain...

Prehistoric discovery in North America older than Egypt's Great Pyramid rewrites human history

Prehistoric discovery in North America older than Egypt's Great Pyramid rewrites human history

If you count the human past from the first stone tools, the Stone Age covers more than 99% of it. It…

If you count the human past from the first stone tools, the Stone Age covers more than 99% of it. It...

This 275-million-year-old animal had a twisted jaw like nothing alive today

Deep in a dried-up riverbed in Brazil, scientists uncovered a bizarre prehistoric mystery—twisted jawbones from a strange, long-lost animal unlike anything seen before. Dating back...

Modern Humans Made Seal Tooth Pendants Around 15,000 Years Ago, Hinting at Complex Culture

Learn more about a long-ago excavated artifact that holds clues into the art, travel, and trade of Homo sapiens in ancient Britain.

Archaeologists Discover Prehistoric Mountain Cave Packed With Mysterious Green Mineral

A prehistoric Pyrenees cave may have been an early copper-processing camp repeatedly used for thousands of years, with archaeologists also uncovering child remains and symbolic jew...

Circular Mass Graves East of the Nile Are Rewriting Egypt’s Prehistory

Over 280 ancient mass graves have been discovered east of the Nile, and the monuments predate ancient Egypt.

A 476,000-year-old wooden structure found in Kalambo Falls is changing human history

A study of an Ice Age child from Montana suggests Clovis people, who lived around 13,000 years ago,…

A study of an Ice Age child from Montana suggests Clovis people, who lived around 13,000 years ago,...

Science Comics: Prehistoric Mammals: From the Jurassic to the Ice Age | Review

Between the end of the dinosaurs and the birth of humanity came the rise of the mammals, a type of animal that radiated into many and varied (and sometimes bizarre!) forms while se...

The Time Humans Almost Went Completely Extinct

A newly discovered 6,000-year-old mega-structure in Romania is rewriting Europe’s prehistoric history

Early Humans Returned to This Pyrenees Cave for 2,000 Years and Left Bones, Hearths, and Rare Jewelry

Learn more about Cave 338 and the artifacts researchers discovered inside of if, which indicate it was a valuable meeting spot for nearly 2,000 years. 

Scientists Discover 430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools, Rewriting Human History

An international research team from Germany, the UK, and Greece has found evidence that wooden tools were used in Greece 430,000 years ago. An international collaboration involving...

New Analysis Just Determined That A Pendant Found In England In 1867 Was Made From A 15,000-Year-Old Seal Tooth

Nearly 160 years ago, one of Victorian England's most storied archaeological digs turned up a prehistoric pendant inside a cave along the English Channel — and researchers have jus...

Power Line Construction In Germany Turns Up A 7,000-Year-Old Pit Filled With Beaver Remains

While preparing for power line construction in Alsleben, excavators happened upon a pit littered with orange teeth — which turned out to be a "garbage heap" of beaver carcasses dat...

What Did Prehistoric Europeans Eat? Scientists Uncover Surprising Answers

Ancient diets in Poland reveal how food, identity, and inequality shaped prehistoric life. An international team of archaeologists and scientists has pieced together the diets of p...