Researchers working with Indigenous experts have uncovered fascinating information about a set of ancient rock engravings in southwestern Africa. The rock art was created by hunter-gatherers in what ...

The Australian aborigines wear practically no clothes, grow no crops, live by hunting and berry picking. Their major art consists of rock pictures of spirits called Wondjina. First painted centuries ...

Excavation at Dwaalhoek has uncovered ancient treasures that have revealed ancient San and farmer interactions.

The prehistoric paint box and its pigment was found in a palaeolithic riverside campsite. As well as the paintbox itself, archaeologists also found numerous stone tools and arrowheads - and a ring of ...

Archaeologists say Stone Age humans were smarter than previously believed after discovering what scientists say is the earliest evidence of wood being used in construction, dating back almost half a ...

Early human ancestors during the Old Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously known, according to research published Friday. Not only did these early people ...

At the Jama Basin, archaeologists uncovered ochre-stained tools and pigment-processing sites that predate known Asian ...