Imagine Europe tens of thousands of years ago: dense forests, large herds of elephants, bison and aurochs—and small groups of people armed with fire and spears. A new study shows that these people ...

Simon Fraser University, the Greek Ministry of Culture, and the University of Bologna have conducted an isotope study on the dietary patterns of Mesolithic and Neolithic humans at Franchthi Cave, ...

New research shows that humans left their mark on the landscape through hunting and the use of fire tens of thousands of years before the advent of agriculture. The research paints a new picture of ...

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 ...

This documentary presents a chronological overview of the Mesolithic period. As ice retreated, humans adapted to forests, rivers, and coastal environments. Toolmaking became more specialized, and ...

Members of a hunter-gatherer group that lived in south-western Scandinavia during the Mesolithic era—approximately 10,000 years ago—may have been affected by tooth decay and gum disease, according to ...

Preface/Préface / Marcel Otte -- Introduction -- The Lower Palaeolithic : the first humans in the Czech lands -- The Middle Palaeolithic : (not only) Neanderthal culture -- Transitory cultures and the ...

This past week, Professor Bamforth's ANTH 2200 Archaeology of Human History hosted Mesolithic Day 2023. Students experienced atlatl throwing, archaeological mapping, ceramics, soil and faunal analysis ...

Archaeologists in Bedfordshire, England, have found a cluster of 25 monumental pits that date to the Mesolithic era, “a time with few clues to suggest what life was like in Britain,” according to a ...