Here we see a hand clenching around the end of a wooden spear, with the forefinger in the "open ring" finger loop. Enigmatic, C-shaped antler carvings from France's Stone Age have puzzled scientists ...

Part I published as American School of Prehistoric Research bulletin no. 49, 2007. Contents The Mousterian lithic assemblages from Kebara Cave / Liliane Meignen -- Dietary and health issues of the ...

In a study conducted by Dr. Mahdi Alirezazadeh and Dr. Hanan Bahranipoor, published in Archaeological Research in Asia, two ...

A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a million years ago, has been uncovered in ...

Around 30,000 years ago, a hunter-gatherer left behind what may be a "personal toolkit" in what is now the Czech Republic, a new study finds. Researchers uncovered the extraordinary cluster of ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a cave dwelling that was constructed around 16,800 years ago by prehistoric humans. The dwelling was found in the La Garma cave complex in the autonomous ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a set of "truly significant" Stone Age artifacts during an excavation being conducted ahead of planned road improvement in northern England, researchers told Newsweek.

Deep in an open coal mine in southern Greece, researchers have discovered the antiquities-rich country’s oldest archaeological site, which dates to 700,000 years ago and is associated with modern ...

Hurling spear-thrower projectiles at archery targets revealed that these loops may have been finger grips. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Machine derived contents note: Contents -- n -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Ofer Bar-Yosef and Bernard Vandermeersch 000 -- acknowledgments -- references -- chapter one -- ...