Off the western coast of France, archaeologists have discovered a sunken granite Mesolithic wall nine meters below sea level.

We marvel at Stone Age cave paintings, mighty megaliths, and mysterious goddesses. As the Ice Age glaciers melted, prehistoric Europe bloomed with surprisingly sophisticated art. From Ireland to ...

In this new study, a team analyzed the genomes of 70 ancient cats, dating back over the last 11,000 years (from about 9000 ...

Over 500 ancient stone monuments dot the rolling hills of southwestern Spain. La Torre-La Janera stretches across 220 acres in Huelva province. Prehistoric humans built this sacred landscape starting ...

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ATU researchers discovered the 5,500-year-old wildcat in a cave in Clare, marking a breakthrough in understanding Ireland’s ...

Archaeologists identified a “small but significant” number of non-binary prehistoric burials, showing “complex” gender expression, a study said. Photo from Chelms Varthoumlien via Unsplash Digging ...

These prehistoric European sites are a fascinating window onto the history of humanity. By visiting them, you can discover more about early civilisations who did their bit in shaping the modern world.

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Eating human brains might seem relegated to zombie flicks, but a new study found that European warriors did just that 18,000 years ago, per “noodle”-slurping study in the journal Scientific Reports.

[Vienna, August 26 2024] – Since the end of the last Ice Age, growth of human population was far from uniform, marked instead by periods of rapid expansion followed by sharp declines. The reasons ...

Some were the size of a dog. Others were as large as polar bears. A newly-discovered fossil of the ferocious hyaenodont is helping scientists understand a little bit more about the mysterious ...