Researchers have uncovered the world’s oldest known cave art—a 67,800-year-old hand stencil in Indonesia. The unusual, claw-like design hints at early symbolic thinking and possibly spiritual beliefs.
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11,000-year-old volcanic ash layer may reshape timelines for early Americas
A volcanic ash layer dated to roughly 11,000 years before present has been found sitting stratigraphically beneath the artifacts and organic materials at Chile’s Monte Verde II site, a location long ...
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Paleolithic chic: 500,000 years ago, Israel’s ancient toolmakers had a taste for sparkle
Rare hand axes from the Sakhnin Valley show Homo erectus picked fossil- and crystal-rich stones for visual appeal, hinting at ...
On a still summer morning at Buckler’s Hard, the Beaulieu River looks a world away from gun decks and shipwrights.
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China's earliest Bronze Age meteoritic iron artifact unearthed at Sanxingdui sacrificial site
In a study published in Archaeological Research in Asia, Dr. Haichao Li and a team of researchers analyzed the earliest Bronze Age meteoritic iron artifact from southwestern China, the largest found ...
New research led by a University of Wyoming archaeologist is challenging a widely accepted idea about the earliest people in the Americas. The study focuses on an ancient site in South America and ...
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