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 ...

Imagine Europe tens of thousands of years ago: dense forests, large herds of elephants, bison and aurochs—and small groups of people armed with fire and spears. A new study shows that these people ...

In a recent study by Dany Coutinho-Nogueira and his colleagues, the remains of three non-adults from Cabeço da Amoreira were analyzed. The work is published in the journal Childhood in the Past.

Archaeologists preparing for construction of a new housing development in Scotland uncovered nearly 12,000 years of history. Discoveries ranged from Late Upper Paleolithic flint to Mesolithic ...

Smithsonian Libraries Topic Stone Age Mesolithic period siris_sil_633570 SIL STAR CARR IN CONTEXT : NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND PALAEOECOLGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE EARLY MESOLITHIC SITE OF STAR CARR ...

DERRYGONNELLY, NORTHERN IRELAND—BBC News reports that Eileen Murphy of Queens University Belfast, her colleagues, and more than 200 volunteers working through the Community Archaeology Program ...

AARHUS, DENMARK—Toward the end of the last Ice Age around 8,500 years ago, melting glaciers caused sea levels to rise as much as 6.5 feet per century. This altered life in northern Europe, as ...