A new study confirms that ancient cave paintings in France’s Dordogne region were created nearly 16,000 years ago.

After these researchers unexpectedly found carbon-based drawings in the Font-de-Gaume cave, they returned to pinpoint when the figures were drawn ...

New archaeological evidence challenges the popular image of Paleolithic humans as predominantly meat-eaters. If you imagine early humans living on big game alone, new research says that picture is ...

One solution she increasingly turns to is digital technology. Since 2021, Zoya Baqit has worked at the Altay Regional Museum in Altay prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, ...

Around 40,000 years ago, Paleolithic people inscribed bone with symbols that appear to be part of some sort of writing system.

The limestone cliffs of the Rock of Gibraltar rise sharply from the Mediterranean Sea, containing a network of deep fissures ...

"Don't be a coward, speak up," Lamb of God singer Randy Blythe shares with Full Metal Jackie as his challenge to other bands to be more vocal in using their platform to speak about the issues of the ...

A team of archaeologists from Mardin Artuklu University, in southeastern Türkiye, has brought to light one of the most important discoveries for understanding the origins of civilization in northern ...

The Iran conflict has triggered a surge in online disinformation, including AI-generated imagery and unverified viral claims.

Paleolithic animal paintings in Font-de-Gaume Cave, Dordogne, France. DORDOGNE, FRANCE—La Brújula Verde reports that Paleolithic rock art in southwestern France’s Font-de-Gau ...

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...

In biology and palaeontology (the study of extinct organisms) there are a few ways to estimate the age of an animal’s skeleton. One is the extent of fusion of sutures in the skeleton – how much the ...