Researchers has uncovered never before seen details in a set of prehistoric stone objects that feature a variety of artworks.

Walking through a river valley in central Asia, a team of archaeologists scanned the craggy landscape for anything that ...

The Ice Age camp site of Gönnersdorf on the banks of the Rhine has revealed a groundbreaking discovery that sheds new light ...

Researchers have determined that grid-like patterns on schist slabs from Ice Age site of Gönnersdorf in Germany depict fish ...

Jan Ritch-Frel: Alex Marshack was well-known for his idea that many of the social institutions we live by today are derived ...

We tend to think of prehistoric life as hard. Brutal, even. Devoid of pleasure, outside of the odd mammoth steak or math class. But that dour picture tends to be missing something big – or rather, ...

Jan Ritch-Frel: Alex Marshack was well-known for his idea that many of the social institutions we live by today are derived in large part from the “thought matrix of the Paleolithic”—the ideas and ...

A recently published study reveals the existence of ancient fishing techniques at the Magdalenian site of Gönnersdorf, ...

Nearly 16,000-year-old portrayals of fish surrounded by nets had evaded detection until a new technique took magnification to a new level.

Why study Paleolithic technology? What can old stone tools, ancient fire pits, and painted cave walls tell us about our evolutionary past? Humans occupy a rarified position in the modern world.

Shimelmitz, Ron Kuhn, Steven L. Ronen, Avraham Weinstein-Evron, Mina and Petraglia, Michael D. 2014. Predetermined Flake Production at the Lower/Middle Paleolithic ...