During the Middle Paleolithic—a period spanning about 40,000 to 300,000 years ago, also called the Middle Stone Age—groups ...

Stone tools unearthed in southwest China helped a mysterious group ... The answer could shake up what’s known about human origins during this period of the Stone Age, according to new research.

Archaeologists made the discovery in a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa - that was once ...

A team of archeologists in South Africa had to climb to new heights to find an important set of tools made by humans about 20 ...

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, ...

New archaeological finds in Malta add to an emerging theory that early Stone Age humans cruised the open seas.

Kanzi the bonobo, who learned how to communicate with humans using symbols, has died at the age of 44. Raised and kept in ...

Long-distance seafarers crossed the Mediterranean Sea far earlier than scientists had believed, a new study has found.

The most obvious possibility is that Neanderthals themselves reached China. Neanderthals are well documented in Europe, going ...

Stone tools unearthed in southwest China helped a ... up what's known about human origins during this period of the Stone Age, according to new research.Archaeologists excavating the Longtan ...