For much of the 20th century, Neanderthals were cast as primitive hunters—robust, spear-wielding hominins whose survival ...

In 1879, a landowner and amateur archaeologist named Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola ventured into a newly discovered cave system in northern Spain. Hoping to find prehistoric tools, he kept his eyes fixed ...

While the human race wasn't playing games until about 4,000 years ago, it was certainly busy with paint. Deep within a cave on Southern tip of Africa, archaeologists just made a landmark discovery ...

Archaeologists believe they have found one of the oldest burial sites in the world at Tinshemet Cave in central Israel. The cave contains well-preserved remains of early humans, dating back around 100 ...