New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before. During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans' neighbors, new technologies meant ...

Meirionnydd Ramblers tackle Diffwys from Banc-y-Fran this Wednesday, 2 April. The walk starts from Banc-y-Fran, at the end of the steep narrow road above Bontddu. At 220 metres, this gives a helpful ...

Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with ...

Archaeologists in the Judean Desert have unearthed a "mysterious pyramid-shaped structure" dating back 2,200 years filled ...

An amateur archaeologist recently encouraged researchers to take another look at the Farley Moor standing stone, which was once part of a bigger ceremonial site ...

The structure is made of hand-hewn stones with each stone weighing hundreds of pounds ... The structure is believed to have ...

New findings reveal that a standing stone tucked away in a Berkshire woodland was part of a prehistoric stone circle.

Previously thought to be a solitary marker, the two-meter-high standing stone at Farley Moor is now recognized as part of a larger stone circle with a ceremonial platform.

A team of archaeologists has discovered that what was thought to be a single standing stone in a Derbyshire forest, is part of a larger prehistoric complex, including an ancient stone circle with ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Ancient hominins may have used naturally occurring volcanic rock spheres as tools for over a million years. These basalt spheres, found at Pleistocene sites in ...

Archaeologists uncover an ancient burial site with Egyptian, Greek, and Roman graves at Tell Ruwad Iskandar, Egypt. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient ...