By the Mesolithic era, only Homo sapiens remained. This short, transitional period saw big shifts in tools, culture, and lifestyle. In this video, we’ll take a quick look at how early humans lived ...

"Słupcio" — or "little guy from Słupsk" in Polish — is the name given to the amber bear in 2013, when a Polish kindergartner ...

The figurine is 4 inches (10.2 centimeters) long and 1.65 inches (4.2 cm) tall and may date to Europe's Mesolithic period (12,000 to 5,000 years ago). At this time, people were mostly hunter ...

A 7,500-year-old antler unearthed in Sweden had characteristic breakage patterns that suggest it was the handle for a battle ...

A team of researchers from the University of Malta and the Max Planck Institute, led by archaeologist Eleonor Scerri made a ...

Malta's history has been pushed back by 1,000 years in a discovery that is rewriting the islands' pre-history, as scientists have found new evidence that shows that ...

New archaeological finds in Malta add to an emerging theory that early Stone Age humans cruised the open seas.

The Mesolithic period is often regarded as a bridge between ... questions about the symbolic and cultural practices of the people who lived in the region around 6400 BCE. Its abstract form and ...