Stone Age

Tools were once thought to have arisen out of Africa and Europe, then spread eastward. New findings challenge that assumption.

March 22, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Sometimes last month feels like a long time ago, but considering our planet, the long perspective can really help.

Analysis raises questions about what the Paleo Diet was historically.

Beyond flint-knapping and tossing spears with atlatls, Kent State University's Metin Eren has a vision for his field's future.

"When I have issues with historians, I ask: 'Excuse me, mate, were you there? No? Well, shut the fuck up then.'" OK, then!

Scientists predict that Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS will appear at its brightest tonight and reach its closest point to Earth this weekend.

It's a major real estate selling point for Neolithic homebuyers.

The recent discovery of a large cave on the Moon highlights the importance of caves not just for future space explorers but astrobiology as well.

In 2022, Fernando Cluster suffered a brain bleed that required emergency surgery at Atlanta's Emory University Hospital Midtown. As part of the brain surgery, physicians temporarily removed a 12-by-15 centimeter…

Researchers learn that the key element of the Neolithic monument didn't hail from Wales, unlike similar components.

A gentle jolt wakes the sleeping guests from their dreams as the Costa Verde Express leaves the small station of Viveiro at a walking pace. Early morning fog...

Sixty years ago the animated series The Jetsons finished its first and only season before being cancelled. Just 24 episodes were broadcast between September 1962 and March 1963. ...

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah says its fighters won't stand down from attacking Israel until there is a permanent cease-fire in Gaza.

Some 1,000 years ago, a small band of Polynesians sailed thousands of miles across the Pacific to settle one of the world's most isolated places—a small, previously uninhabited island they named Rapa Nui. There, they erected hundreds of "moai," or gigantic stone statues that now famously stand as emblems of a vanished civilization.

Examining the enamel of teeth from both Neanderthal and Upper Paleolithic kids shows that stress affected each group at a different stage of development.

Archaeologists found human remains in the lava tubes of the Arabian Peninsula, offering new insights into the mysterious lives of ancient herders.

Jackson Arn on Anni Albers, the artist who helped establish weaving as art, and who shifted to printmaking later in life.

Ceramic pots endure the corrosive effects of thousands of years, and organic remains preserved inside the pores can shed light on the culture, values, diets, and daily life of societies. This research is achieved with the help of biomarkers.