Stone age

Archaeologists find over 3,000 artifacts from Stone Age to WWII in Netherlands valley

The stream valley lies between the villages of Sleen and Oosterhesselen, and is currently under redevelopment to make space for nature and water. 

One of the 3,000 artifacts discovered in Drenthe, the Netherlands, June 19, 2026.
Furnace of the type to be installed in the Pere la Chaise crematorium, Paris, 1888.

Evidence of what may be world’s oldest cremation found in Ethiopia, new study reveals

Dolmen of Menga in Antequera, Spain, April 15, 2026.

DNA analysis reveals ancestry of man buried in ancient Spanish tomb, shows mixed heritage - study

Dozens of large and small stone flakes and production waste found at the  Jojosi excavation site in eastern South Africa, April 11, 2026.

Early humans in South Africa used dedicated quarries for stone as long as 220,000 years ago - study


Dressed for the afterlife: What 7,000-year-old grave soil reveals about Stone Age clothing - study

The study uses the technique of microarchaeology to examine the soil collected from 35 graves at the Skateholm I and II cemeteries in southern Sweden.

 Study reveals Stone Age methods of extracting animal teeth for jewelry. Illustration

40,000-year-old markings may be the roots of script

German discovery of Stone Age art may reveal a precursor to writing

The mammoth figurine from Vogelherd Cave, approximately 40,000 years old, bears multiple sequences of crosses and dots on its surface.

Stone age site in Germany yields Europe's oldest blue pigment, rewriting prehistoric art palette

The discovery changes everything we thought we knew about Palaeolithic pigment use in Europe, said archaeologist Wisher.

Stone age site in Germany yields Europe's oldest blue pigment, rewriting prehistoric art palette.

11,000-year-old Stone-Age in Saudi Arabia pushes Fertile Crescent borders

Saudi Arabia’s Heritage Commission says the find marks a scientific turning point, linking northwest Saudi Arabia to the Fertile Crescent and humanity's shift from nomadism to settlement.

11,000-year-old Stone-Age in Saudi Arabia pushes Fertile Crescent borders.

'Man the Hunter' challenged: Stone Age graves show women buried with toolkits too

Published in PLOS One, the Stone Dead Project finds many grave tools were unused or broken, suggesting ritual offerings across the eastern Baltic at a site with 330 burials from 7,500–2,500 BC.

Stone age tools.

Study reveals Stone Age methods of extracting animal teeth for jewelry

Wet cooking and pit steaming allowed for high extraction rates without damaging the teeth, also cooking the meat to make it edible.

 Study reveals Stone Age methods of extracting animal teeth for jewelry. Illustration

Philip II's Legacy: Restored ancient city of Philippopolis at Nebet Tepe opens

The restored Nebet Tepe archaeological complex in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, was officially opened on March 20.

 Nebet Tepe hill, Bulgaria.

Have Brazil's Capuchin monkeys reached the Stone Age?

Findings challenge the notion that early hominin stone tools were always intentionally produced.

 Capuchin monkey with a rock.

Stone Age artifacts from a land that sank 9,000 years ago were retrieved from the seabed

An average of 50 square miles of land were lost every year between 8000 BCE and 6500 BCE.

 Archaeologists recently uncovered a trove of Stone Age artifacts on the seafloor of the North Sea. Cromer, Norfolk.