New archaeological discoveries from Malta suggest that prehistoric hunter-gatherers were far more capable oflong-distance sea ...

Misconception: Life took place mostly in caves. It’s not necessarily a misconception that Stone Age people lived in caves and grunted and carried around big honkin’ clubs. They most certainly ...

The Arunta: a Study of a Stone Age People. By Sir Baldwin Spencer late F. J. Gillen. In two volumes. Vol. 1. Pp. xxviii + 390 + 87 plates. Vol. 2. Pp. xvi + 391 - 646 + 64 plates. (London ...

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

DNA analysis has revealed that Stone Age people from North Africa descended partly from European hunter-gatherers. This shows that early people not only came out of Africa but, much later ...

Long-distance seafarers crossed the Mediterranean Sea far earlier than scientists had believed, a new study has found.

The Mesolithic period is known as the middle stone age. Stone Age people cut up their food with sharpened stones and cooked it on a fire. After a good day’s hunting people could feast on meat.

In their stately ruins, the remains of these structures offer glimpses of the Stone Age people who made them, people at once familiar and deeply strange, whose voices are lost but whose sharp ...