If you were a Neanderthal hunter 50,000 years ago, even a small cut could be deadly. Without sterile bandages or antibiotics, ...

People in North America adopted the bow and arrow as replacement weapons for the dart and atlatl about 1,400 years ago, ...

Humanity’s earliest weapons were anything but simple. With sharpened stone and improvised tools, early humans hunted and ...

When Sinners director Ryan Coogler went to the movies as a child, he would smuggle in some snacks - and get particularly ...

The rectangular object dates to around 1350 B.C.E. and was likely created by members of the Central European Urnfield culture ...

Imagine a scenario where nuclear weapons knowledge appears thousands of years before modern civilization. Teaching prehistoric humans the basics of uranium enrichment, nuclear fission, and ...

Surprising evidence at the world’s oldest temple overturns our understanding of human history. Surprising evidence at the world’s oldest temple overturns our understanding of human history. The latest ...

Ancient graves at the Ajvide site in Sweden are offering new clues about Stone Age social life. DNA evidence suggests that hunter-gatherers carefully considered extended family relationships when ...

A shipment declared as “metal decorative articles” turned out to be something else entirely - dozens of ancient weapons, believed to be looted from Iran. US border officials in Philadelphia have now ...

A new study of ancient pottery adds to evidence that hunter-gatherers in Europe ate more than meat and developed early elements of cuisine. Wild herbs and other plants appear to have been an important ...

A study of 125 skeletons from two Neolithic cemeteries in Hungary has revealed that men and women had clear gender roles — but sometimes those roles were fluid. When you purchase through links on our ...

The announcement was a significant step in forging a European deterrent as Russia grows more aggressive and the U.S. steps back. By Mark Landler Reporting from Paris President Emmanuel Macron said ...