Archaeologists often break up this lengthy time span into three periods — the Paleolithic (3.3 million to 12,000 years ago), ...

Archaeologists previously assumed that East Asia did not see considerable tool development during the Middle Paleolithic, but ...

Artefacts unearthed in Yunnan province display key features of toolmaking technology associated with Neanderthals much further west.

A bear figurine carved out of amber Where it is from: Słupsk, northern Poland When it was made: Between 9600 and 4100 B.C.

Thousands of stone tools discovered in a South African cave reveal that Ice Age humans had developed sophisticated fabrication techniques about 20,000 years ago, according to a report in the Journal ...

An ancient amber bear figurine, unearthed by miners in northern Poland, is the subject of renewed attention following a study suggesting it dates back to the Upper Paleolithic period, according to ...

Archeological evidence has indicated that early humans fabricated tools during the Middle Paleolithic ... this period that we haven’t found yet? How is this going to change how we think about people ...

new kinds of stone tools that were smaller but could be used for many tasks and lasted for a long time. Archaeologists like me are interested in the Middle Paleolithic – a period spanning ...

The Stone Age was a prehistoric period that lasted ... although there is regional variation in dates. While the Paleolithic period involved a nomadic lifestyle and the invention of stone tools ...

An ancient hunter likely wore it as a protective charm, since the bear was the most powerful and dangerous animal that lived in the area during the Stone Age ... Paleolithic in date, a period ...