Ancient grass bedding found in a South African cave shows early humans cared for sleeping areas. These hunter-gatherers ...

Stratified rock layers inside a cave in southern Turkiye have produced the strongest direct evidence to date that ...

The 7,000-year-old fish traps represent the first known evidence that humans were responsible for an unlikely population of ...

Did prehistoric humans know that smoking meat could preserve it and extend its shelf life? Researchers from the Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel Aviv University ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ran Barkai holds a segment of an ancient elephant at the La Polledrara site in Italy. (photo credit: TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY) Over ...

Did prehistoric humans know that smoking meat could preserve it and extend its shelf life? Researchers from the Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Culturesat Tel Aviv University ...

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material could be ...

A massive eruption 74,000 years ago shook the planet, and archaeologists are using volcanic glass to figure out how humans made it through. Reading time 5 minutes If you were lucky 74,000 years ago, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mosquitoes have existed far longer than humans, but evolved to feed off of their blood. - Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP/Getty Images ...

Researchers say two prehistoric wolves found on an isolated Baltic Sea island may have relied on humans for food and transportation thousands of years ago Getty Researchers identified the remains of ...

Historian Patrick Wyman returns to the show to talk about the deep history of human societies and how they can inform the current moment. Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison Here's where to find podcasts ...