Why study Paleolithic technology? What can old stone tools, ancient fire pits, and painted cave walls tell us about our evolutionary past? Humans occupy a rarified position in the modern world.

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 ...

The first definitive evidence of Middle Paleolithic Quina technology in East Asia has been uncovered in the Longtan site in ...

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TEHRAN - A recent archaeological excavation in Ghamari Cave in Lorestan province has drawn considerable domestic and ...

More than 40 years of scholarly life have accustomed 64-year-old Chinese archaeologist Li Zhanyang to documenting his career ...

Seventeen decorated caves of the Paleolithic age were inscribed as an extension to the Altamira Cave, inscribed in 1985. The property will now appear on the List as Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic ...

Modern Japanese appear to be genetically descended from the Paleolithic Minatogawa people, according to DNA analysis of human remains in Okinawa Prefecture dating from 20,000 years ago. According ...

During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans' neighbors ... with a broad and sharp working edge that shows clear signs of being used and resharpened multiple times. This shape ...

Rounds of paleontological research in Iran have uncovered significant evidence of the Caspian Sea's shoreline dating back ...