Divers in Lake Arendsee, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, have recovered worked wood that dates to roughly 10,500 years ...

As early as 9,500 years ago, people in Europe used slash-and-burn methods to make land usable for agriculture. This is shown by environmental data generated by scientists from the Senckenberg Center ...

The development of new hunting projectiles by European hunter-gatherers during the Mesolithic may have been linked to territoriality in a rapidly-changing climate, according to a study published July ...

Mesolithic decorated antler fragment found in Sweden. Credit: Peter Zetterlund / National Historical Museums A recent archaeological study in Sweden has revealed a fascinating discovery that ...

Many have come to see Doggerland as the key to understanding the Mesolithic in northern Europe, and the Mesolithic, in turn, ...

You're currently following this author! Click to unsubscribe from email alerts. The discovery of 25 large pits in Bedfordshire, England, created around 8,000 years ago, has surprised and excited ...

Mesolithic Age paintings, recently discovered in the rocky region of Neelagund village near Gadag, is all set to receive ...

With her clear blue eyes and slightly nervous gaze, the reconstructed bust of Mos’anne – a woman who lived around 10,500 years ago – is uncannily lifelike. Reborn via a close partnership between ...

Archaeologists in Bedfordshire, England, have found a cluster of 25 monumental pits that date to the Mesolithic era, “a time with few clues to suggest what life was like in Britain,” according to a ...

Archaeologists have discovered up to 25 Mesolithic pits on what has been described as a "nationally important prehistoric site". The pits, found in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, are up to 5m (16ft) ...

Pit left by fallen tree, lined with cobbles, shows hunter-gatherers’ sophisticated understanding of landscape Evidence that Mesolithic hunter-gatherers were environmentally aware home builders has ...

Analysis of the skeletal remains of a Mesolithic man found in a cave on a Croatian island has revealed microscopic fish and plant remains in the dental plaque of a tooth -- a first-time discovery for ...