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300,000-year-old giant handaxes unearthed in Kent
Archaeologists from University College London (UCL) have unearthed "giant" prehistoric stone handaxes during excavations of an Ice Age site in...
Early women were hunters in most foraging societies, study suggests
New evidence challenges long-held beliefs about the gendered division of labor in hunter-gatherer societies, revealing that women have been actively...
Burial site with dozens of skeletons discovered in France
Archaeologists from the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) have uncovered a significant burial site near Lac du Bourget...
42,000-year-old pendant unearthed in Mongolia may be earliest known phallic art
Archaeologists have made a significant discovery in northern Mongolia, unearthing a pendant that may be the earliest example of phallic...
Face of Anglo-Saxon teen girl revealed with new evidence about her life
The face of a 16-year-old girl buried in the 7th century near Cambridge, UK, has been reconstructed based on the...
Our human relatives butchered one another 1.45 million years ago
Researchers from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History have identified nine cut marks on a 1.45 million-year-old left shin...
The oldest Bronze Age plague victims in Austria identified
A recent research project led by the Austrian Academy of Sciences has uncovered evidence of the plague pathogen in two...
57000-year-old Neanderthal engravings uncovered in a French cave
Neanderthals, our ancient relatives, were not just simple cave dwellers, but rather complex beings with symbolic and artistic expression. Recent...
Ancient Alaskans were freshwater fishers, study shows
A team of researchers led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks has uncovered evidence suggesting that ancient Native Americans in...
Archaeologists find a 3,000-year-old Bronze Age sword in Germany
Archaeologists from the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments have made a remarkable discovery in the town of...