Archaeologists have discovered special scrapers used for hunting by early humans 400,000 years ago, shedding light on technological adaptations that enabled our ancient ancestors to diversify ...

Some areas of modern Europe were pretty populated during the Stone Age. Archeological evidence shows that settlements in present day ... Despite the numerous artifacts the Trypillia left behind, ...

But Stone Age families likely had a relatively manageable amount of children. On average, hunter-gatherer women gave birth to ...

What did man's ancestors eat? How did they prepare their food? How did their food contribute to their evolution and their anatomical and cognitive development? This film provides answers based on new ...

Our human ancestors fundamentally changed their eating behavior in the Neolithic period. This was when they began to cultivate cereals and domesticate wild animals.

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About 8,500 years ago, a 5'6" man with size 11 feet walked along the Severn Estuary at 2.6 miles per hour carrying a heavy load on his right shoulder. Archaeologists deduced all this from a series of ...

Here you will find videos and activities about the Stone Age. Try them out, and then test your knowledge with a short quiz before exploring the rest of the collection. Narrator: Excuse me.

As she worked at her computer, the results revealed the sample she was examining contained human DNA. There was nothing so unusual about that in itself: at the time, the ancient DNA (aDNA ...

Using special dredges, scientists have just brought to the surface a hundred flint artefacts made by Stone Age humans between 15,000 and 8000 years ago. The artefacts - a number of small flint ...

F or the first time, researchers have found evidence that people were using red ochre in West Africa during the Middle Stone ...

Challenging brainteasers can help enhance thinking and IQ. A picture puzzle depicts Stone Age humans, one of whom is a time traveler. Observers need to identify this individual within five seconds ...