An archaeological site in Germany suggests communal hunting and complex thinking emerged earlier in human evolution than once thought.

Horses also triggered the first age of metal, the Bronze Age, making it possible to trade copper and zinc — the metal’s two ingredients — across vast distances. Bronze jewelry, tools ...

It was made around 12,000 years ago. The Stone Age artist used a sharp stone to scratch the outline of a horse onto a piece of bone. Evidence from elsewhere in Europe shows that people living in ...