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Researchers have sequenced prehistoric DNA to solve the mystery of who created the 47,000-year-old arrows found in the heart of Europe

The finding suggests that successive pulses of small groups of humans replaced Neanderthals in Europe starting around 45,000 years ago.

New studies of Stone Age tools and bones also suggest human ancestors could adapt to a tough climate.

New research shows that Neolithic migrants from Spain brought agriculture to Northern Morocco over 7,500 years ago.

Decades ago, archaeologists in Spain unearthed two large stone tombs from the Neolithic period at Los Zumacales and La Cabaña. The tombs date back to the fourth millennium B.C. and contained the remains of over two

Explore intriguing, gruesome and historic tales of cannibalism from cultures throughout history and around the world.

"This calls for the representation of space in a way not seen at this time."

Researchers who examined prehistoric cave art in France and Italy purport that the absent phalanges were intentional body modifications.

The world of the most famous painted prehistoric cave, the Altamira cave paintings in Spain, will be presented at the Hungarian National Museum.

A genetic analysis gives new insight into the identity of a Mesolithic hunter-gatherer who died 9,000 years ago.