Ochre remains, dating back 18,000 years ago, were unearthed at the Fodongdi site in Lincang, Southwest China's Yunnan ...

Researchers have dated vertebrae from a massive prehistoric shark thought to have ruled the waves off northern Australia back ...

A new study reveals that the Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia (c. 6200–5500 BCE) produced the earliest systematic ...

Deep beneath the French countryside, a set of faint engravings on a cave floor is forcing archaeologists to rethink when ...

Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England 400,000 years ago. The new discovery, in the village of Barnham, pushes the ...

A 400-foot-long granite structure off the coast of Brittany suggests late hunter-gatherers were already beginning to settle ...

This discovery highlights the enormous size and predatory dominance of ancient sharks and provides scientists with a new perspective on the early evolution of the ancestors of today's great white ...

Scientists have uncovered a massive, hidden rock layer beneath Bermuda, over 12 miles thick, defying typical oceanic island ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans in the English county of Suffolk - ...

The discovery of the Snake Goddess made researchers focus on the mysterious religion of Minoan Crete and its connection of ...

Until now, these terrifying giant aquatic reptiles with a bulky skull and powerful jaws were thought to be sea-dwelling ...

"A bit like dinosaurs on Earth — they were enormous and primitive. And they had short lives, living for just a quarter of a ...