Archaeologists studying the vast Zvejnieki cemetery in Latvia have uncovered surprising truths about Stone Age life. Stone tools, long thought to symbolize male hunters, were actually buried just as ...

WASHINGTON — Early human ancestors during the Old Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously known, according to research published Friday. Not only did these ...

Below the dark blue waters of the Bay of Aarhus in northern Denmark, archaeologists are finding coastal settlements lost to rising seas more than 8,500 years ago. Underwater archaeology has uncovered ...

Archaeologist Laura Dietrich studies a replica Stone Age axe in Germany. While not from the Latvian site, such replicas reveal how ancient tools were used. Some 6,000 years ago in the northern reaches ...

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At first glance, Denmark’s Bay of Aarhus looks like any other stretch of sea. However, beneath its calm, dark waters lie Stone Age settlements that were drowned by the sea more than 8,500 years ago.

Below the dark blue waters of the Bay of Aarhus in northern Denmark, archaeologists search for coastal settlements swallowed by rising sea levels more than 8,500 years ago. This summer, divers ...

When we think of Stone Age people, most imagine small communities living in caves, cutting into their most recent hunt with primitive tools, and imitating their environment with illustrative rock art.

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