Humans may have returned to Britain far earlier than scientists once believed — not long after the last ice sheet began ...

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In central China, scientists have spent over a decade excavating and studying an archaeological site where ancient humans ...

Scientists in China discovered that ancient humans were making surprisingly advanced stone tools during a harsh ice age ...

The Sturtian glaciation was one of the most extreme climate events in Earth’s history. Beginning around 717 million years ago ...

Austin is stepping back in time this summer with a fun new prehistoric exhibit, Ice Age in the Wild, at the Lady Bird Johnson ...

Were you to visit the Yarrabubba station in the remote regions of Western Australia, you would not notice a huge open wound ...

Since the outset of the Quaternary, whales and sharks have ruled the seas, topping a food chain with otters, seals, dugongs, ...

A routine farm cleanup in Ontario unearthed a remarkable 12,500-year-old fluted spearhead, a testament to early human ...

New DNA evidence reveals Doggerland was a lush, life-supporting refuge 16,000 years ago—far earlier than previously believed.