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 ...

Found in western Germany, the stone plaques feature etchings of fish trapped in grid-like nets, according to a new study ...

Neanderthal children (who lived between 400,000 and 40,000 years ago) and modern human children living during the Upper Paleolithic era (between 50,000 and 12,000 years ago) may have faced similar ...

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

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 ...

Advanced analysis of prehistoric cave art has revealed new insights into the fishing practices of Paleolithic societies.

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

Paleolithic cuisine was anything but lean and green, according to a study on the diets of our Pleistocene ancestors.

The etching, discovered at a Paleolithic campsite, may be the only known evidence hinting at how our ancestors fished over 150 centuries ago.

The recently discovered Soii Havzak rock shelter in Central Asia is extremely rare and potentially groundbreaking because it ...