Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A monumental archaeological discovery in northern China is reshaping what we know about early human settlement and society. Near ...

Archaeologists in south-east Turkey have made an extraordinary find—a prehistoric stone face that might turn everything we believe about the origins of art and self-awareness on its head. In the early ...

Evidence of two previously unknown prehistoric stone circles has been uncovered in southern England—with one site seemingly displaying similarities to the early phase of the iconic Stonehenge. Remains ...

Two ancient stone circles have emerged from the grassy wilds of Dartmoor, offering a clearer picture of life 5,000 years ago. Found high in southwest England’s moors, these weathered stones hint at a ...

A set of Stone Age artifacts have revealed evidence of advanced cognitive and symbolic behavior among prehistoric humans, a study reports. In the study, published in the journal Archaeological and ...

It is one of Britain’s greatest and most treasured monuments, with historians dating the iconic landmark and megalithic stone ...

I visited Stonehenge for the first time a little more than a year ago, and as I strolled around the ancient monument, I overheard an elderly American gentleman grumble to his companion that “this was ...

WASHINGTON — Ancient stone tools found in western Ukraine may be the oldest known evidence of early human presence in Europe, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The ...

The discovery, located in Grindasundet near the village of Telavåg, is the first time such physical evidence has been found underwater and linked to the oldest recorded Norwegian laws. "The newly ...