The Stone Age was a prehistoric period that lasted more than 3 million years, from the point when human ancestors began using stone tools until the time we invented metalworking. Archaeologists often ...
"Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East: A Guide surveys the lithic record for the East Mediterranean Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, and adjacent territories) from the ...
The Natufian culture, a bridge between the Paleolithic and Neolithic, marks early settlement, farming, and symbolic art in ...
Two symposia "The Middle Paleolithic: climbing uphill slowly or going nowhere fast?" and "Stability and change in the Middle Paleolithic and Middle Stone Age" were held in Denver during the 2002 ...
New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before. During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans’ neighbors, new technologies meant ...
Chennai: A second-year MA Archaeology student from the University of Madras has found stone-age tools made from quartz in ...
CORVALLIS, Ore – A new analysis of stone tools offers strong evidence for the theory that ancient people from the Pacific Rim traveled a coastal route from East Asia during the last ice age to become ...
Earlier this week, we reported on a Swedish archaeologist who spent the last three years sailing the fjords in a replica boat similar to those the Vikings may have used. Not to be outdone, Japanese ...
Researchers have revealed remarkable 15,800-year-old engravings on a set of prehistoric artifacts from the last ice age. The engravings, described in a study published in the online journal PLOS ONE, ...