Nestled along the northern shore of Lake Burtnieks in northern Latvia, Stone Age communities used the Zvejnieki burial site ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Early human ancestors during the Old Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously known, according to research published Friday. Not only did ...

The excavation of an ancient burial in northern Latvia dating back over 5,000 years challenges long-held assumptions about ...

Archaeologists studying the vast Zvejnieki cemetery in Latvia have uncovered surprising truths about Stone Age life. Stone ...

Researchers have found that stone tools were just as or even more likely to be buried with women as well as men.

Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000 years old, new dating has shown. Discovered during excavations carried out in 2014–15 and 2018–19, ...

Stone Age tools found near the ancient Greek city of Assos, Turkey, reveal the Aegean once served as a land bridge for early ...

Hundreds of stone tools discovered in Kenya have revealed that human relatives traveled long distances to find raw material.

This photo provided by the Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropology Project in August 2025, shows Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than 6 miles away from where they were ...