Learning to control fire was a game-changer for ancient humans, who could use it to cook food, see at night, and endure cold ...

Until now, the earliest known ivory artifacts came from the Upper Paleolithic, between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago. A few ...

An ancient amber bear figurine, unearthed by miners in northern Poland, is the subject of renewed attention following a study ...

Found in Ukraine, the fragments show signs of human manipulation—though researchers still haven't ruled out the possibility ...

Ice age ancestors used sophisticated fireplaces by creating different hearths to light fires for various purposes.

Our ancestors’ ability to recognize water sources was crucial to their survival. As a result, the attraction to lustrous ...

Theopetra Cave, in Greece, believed to be the oldest human construction on earth, reopened to the public after 9 years of ...

Evidence from a prehistoric site at the shore of the Dnister river in modern-day Ukraine shows that people living during the ...

Whether for cooking, heating, as a light source or for making tools -- it is assumed that fire was essential for the survival of people in the Ice Age. However, it is puzzling that hardly any ...

"Ivory begins to be widely and diversely used starting in the Upper Paleolithic—primarily for tools and ornaments—from around ...

The oldest-known human bones in Europe were just discovered in a cave in Bulgaria. The cave also contained ancient tools handcrafted by these early humans over 40,000 years ago.