DNA and radiocarbon dating analyses of the bones are offering new insights into the ambitious Ice Age site constructed by ...

The research reveals that ancient hunter-gatherers relied heavily on plant foods, particularly starchy plants, as a major energy source. The findings suggest that contrary to popular belief ...

Using novel research techniques, we found evidence that our Late Stone Age hunter-gatherer ancestors in north Africa had a ...

Archeologists have decoded the markings on 20,000-year-old cave paintings created by Ice Age hunter-gatherers. The results show that early humans used writing to convey information far earlier ...

‘It is not unusual to find many stone artefacts of hunter-gatherers out in the open, but here was a situation which we had never heard about before. They were in situ, in their original context.

A five-week programme of archaeological digs has uncovered small pieces of stone that give clues about Dartmoor's hunter-gatherer past. The pieces could help tell us more about those who lived in ...