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 ...

Between the Ice Age and the dawn of farming, the Mesolithic period saw rapid advances in human culture, technology, and survival. This is the complete story of the Middle Stone Age. JJ McCarthy Makes ...

The computer modeling revealed that prehistoric humans influenced European landscapes through two primary mechanisms: deliberate burning of trees and shrubs to create more open habitats, and hunting ...

The Stone Age was a prehistoric period that lasted more than 3 million years, from the point when human ancestors began using stone tools until the time we invented metalworking. Archaeologists often ...

For many people seaweed holds a reputation as a superfood, heralded for its health benefits and sustainability, but it appears our European ancestors were ahead of the game and were consuming the ...

As Ice Age glaciers melted, Europe’s tundra became forest, and hunter-gatherers adapted to new landscapes. The Mesolithic saw ...

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