Somewhere around 8,000-to-10,0000 years ago, amidst the Mesolithic Era, a hunter-gatherer community resided between the UK and mainland Europe. It was called “Doggerland.” And as the last ice age ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: There’s no face on the oldest piece of art—a small sandstone figurine of a human from the Mesolithic era—ever found in one region of modern-day ...

The Mesolithic period began when the Ice Age ended and familiar patterns of survival collapsed. Large animals vanished, ...

From ancient Mesolithic hunting companions to Turkey’s mighty livestock guardians, dogs have been evolving alongside us for ...

A skull fragment discovered over fifty years ago on the banks of the Elbe River in Germany has finally yielded its secrets. Long considered by some researchers to be a rare Neanderthal-modern human ...

Researchers clarify the Hahnöfersand bone's origins, revealing it as a modern human fossil from the Mesolithic period.

Originally discovered in 1973, the frontal bone was initially thought to be 36,000 years old, an age that coincided perfectly ...

Bob Garritson doesn t list hunter-gatherer on his resume, but he knows more about ancient technology than just about anybody in Montana.

There’s no face on the oldest piece of art—a small sandstone figurine of a human from the Mesolithic era—ever found in one region of modern-day Azerbaijan. “Its stylistic features considerably differ ...

A two-inch Mesolithic stone figurine from Azerbaijan tells a tale of cultural growth. It’s the first cultural find from the area of the South Caucasus. The sandstone figurine depicts a human, and ...