The detailed reconstruction brings the prehistoric hunter-gatherer to life, revealing an intriguing set of features.

When we talk about the Stone Age today, we usually focus on people and their personal stories—like the well-known glacier man "Ötzi." This is possible because the latest scientific methods in ...

A Stone Age Cold Case: Ötzi the ‘Iceman’ Thawed and Refroze Many Times, Researchers Say The natural mummy was discovered in the Italian Alps in 1991, about 5,300 years after 'Ötzi' died.

Researchers used DNA to create a facial reconstruction of the Chinese emperor, who ruled China's Northern Zhou dynasty until his death at age 36 in A.D. 560.Experts have long debated why he died ...

Recent discoveries reveal surprising similarities between Stone Age people and us. They crafted musical instruments, built ...

Dr. Zahi Hawass, a veteran Egyptian archaeologist, admires stone statues found by his team in a vertical shaft some 33 feet deep at the Gisr el-Mudir dig site in Saqqara, outside Cairo, Egypt ...

Bog bodies, the uniquely preserved “accidental mummies” discovered in Northern Europe, have long intrigued researchers, ... who has researched Stone Age cultures for more than 40 years.

Archeologists in Egypt discovered a 4,300 year-old mummy — possibly the oldest one ever found in the country — during an extraordinary dig near Cairo, officials announced Thursday.

Humans Stone Age blueprints are the oldest architectural plans ever found. Plans etched into stone tablets depict vast hunting traps called desert kites built 9000 years ago, showing a mastery of ...