Now scientists report that Neanderthals might have used this ancient glue as a topical antibiotic. They found that birch tar ...

People in North America adopted the bow and arrow as replacement weapons for the dart and atlatl about 1400 years ago, ...

Beneath the rolling hills of southern Brazil and northern Argentina, scientists have found a hidden network of large ...

Learn how researchers recreated birch tar and tested its antibacterial properties, revealing how Neanderthals may have used ...

A new California law aims to protect workers from silicosis, an incurable lung disease that has killed 29 people in the state and sickened hundreds. Experts say it isn’t enough.

A surge in quartz countertop fabrication has triggered a growing epidemic of silicosis — an incurable lung disease — among ...

Symbols and markings carved into tools and figurines by Stone Age humans over 40,000 years ago could be an ancient precursor to writing, according to a new analysis. The marks, found on 260 artifacts ...

Queens of the Stone Age have announced their first headlining concerts for 2026. The acclaimed desert rockers will revive their Catacombs Tour for a limited run of performances starting April 24 in ...

The Adorant figurine from Geißenklösterle Cave, approximately 38,000 years old, consists of a small ivory plate bearing an anthropomorphic figure and multiple sequences of notches and dots. The ...

Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis by linguist Christian Bentz at Saarland University and archaeologist Ewa ...

Stone Age people 40,000 years ago used a simple form of writing comparable in complexity to the earliest stages of the world’s first writing system, cuneiform, according to a study of mysterious signs ...