A recent DNA report of a 10,000-year-old skeleton named Cheddar Man found a match with a history teacher from Britain. Cheddar Man is Britain’s oldest human skeleton that was found at Somerset’s Gough ...

There are very few places on Earth where people can’t find twigs, reeds, blades of grass, or other resources to make a basket—and people always need a way to carry their belongings or food. The ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Archaeologists discovered a 6400–6100 B.C. sandstone figurine in Azerbaijan’s Damjili Cave, marking a rare find from the Mesolithic era. Microscopic ...

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) ...

Hyderabad: A research scholar from Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) discovered a rock art site of significant ...

Mesolithic is the period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The terms "Paleolithic" and "Neolithic" were introduced by John Lubbock in his work Pre-historic Times in 1865. The additional ...

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More than 1,200 Mesolithic worked stone tools dating back to around 6,000–10,000 years ago have been found alongside the River Dee in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The flints — which include blades, ...

Ancient DNA from Cheddar Man, a Mesolithic skeleton discovered in 1903 at Gough's Cave in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, has helped Museum scientists paint a portrait of one of the oldest modern humans in ...

Mesolithic Britain was thought to have been inhabited by hunter-gatherers, constantly on the move in search of food; however, the recent excavation of a dwelling in Northumbria reveals our Stone Age ...