prehistory

The largest water management feature in Khmer history was built in the 10th century as part of a …

A study has concluded that the earliest ancestors of anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) emerged in a …

Dinosaur footprints found in several European countries, very similar to others in Morocco, suggest that dinosaurs could have …

Humankind first started farming in Mesopotamia about 11,500 years ago. Subsequently, the practices of cultivating crops, raising livestock, …

Clues from Canadian rocks formed billions of years ago reveal a previously unknown loss of life even greater …

Late in the prehistoric Silurian Period, around 420 million years ago, a devastating mass extinction event wiped 23 …

An international team of scientists, studying evidence preserved in speleothems in a coastal cave, illustrate that more than …

Stone tools uncovered in Mongolia by an international team of archaeologists indicate that modern humans traveled across the …

A team from University College Dublin has unearthed almost 40 previously unknown monuments close to Newgrange, including a …

Humans in Ethiopia did not live in low valleys during the last ice age. Instead, they lived high …