While searching San Esteban Rockshelter at Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas, archaeologists came across a 6,000-year ...

The 6,500-year-old weapons, found in a cave near Marfa, could be among the oldest near-complete set of wood and stone hunting ...

While scoping out nearby Sand Cave on Jan. 30, 1925, the 37-year-old got stuck on his way out. As he twisted and squeezed through tight passageways, his foot bumped against a loose rock ...

The spectacular lions and rhinos of Chauvet Cave, in southeastern France, are commonly thought to be around 30,000 to 32,000 years old, and mammoth-ivory figurines found in Germany correspond to ...

Scientists have found ancient nail tooth shark fossils deep inside Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, revealing new information about ...

Archaeologists uncover a 6,500-year-old hunting kit in a Texas cave, offering insights into Indigenous survival techniques.

An analysis concludes that pigments were transported into the cave, and the marks were made with intention, though their ultimate meaning remains unknown. Lisa Winter became social media editor for ...

But to come upon more than 100 prehistoric motifs—created over 24,000 years ago using unorthodox methods and preserved in a cave by a stroke of chemical luck—is simply extraordinary.

At the same level of the cave, researchers found stone tools and ... Africa — estimated to be 3.4 million to 3.7 million years old — and Homo antecessor, which is approximately 860,000 years ...

To read about 25,000-year-old paintings and engravings found in a Valencia cave, go to "Paleo Palette." ...