A team of researchers led by the British Museum has unearthed the oldest known evidence of fire-making, dating back more than ...

The approximately 9,000-year-old grave of the shaman from Bad Dürrenberg (Saalekreis district) is one of the most spectacular ...

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A series of 16 massive shafts forming a circle over 1.25 miles wide have been confirmed to be the work of ancient humans ...

The discovery site at East Farm, Barnham, England lies hidden within a disused clay pit tucked away in the wooded landscape between Thetford and Bury St Edmunds. Professor Nick Ashton from the British ...

Professor Nick Ashton, curator of Palaeolithic Collections at the British Museum, said it was the “most exciting discovery of ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

After more than a century of speculation, researchers have traced the likely origins of the legendary Hjortspring boat through chemical analysis of its construction materials and the discovery of an ...

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Two Roman swords found in Gloucestershire reveal a hidden settlement dating back 2,000 years and the possible remains of a ...