The alignment of the pits discovered suggests a ritual purpose. Museum of London Archaeology Archaeologists in Bedfordshire, England, have found a cluster of 25 monumental pits that date to the ...

A two-inch Mesolithic stone figurine from Azerbaijan tells a tale of cultural growth. It’s the first cultural find from the area of the South Caucasus. The sandstone figurine depicts a human, 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 ...

The Mesolithic period began when the Ice Age ended and familiar patterns of survival collapsed. Large animals vanished, ...

Genetic research has unlocked the mystery behind a Mesolithic double burial unearthed in Germany. Dating back to 7000-6800 BCE, the discovery of an adult woman and an infant in Bad Dürrenberg has long ...

Led by a researcher from the University of Warwick, a new expedition is set to delve into Europe’s pivotal Mesolithic Stonge Age site, Bouldnor Cliff. The expedition is a race against time to the ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

Dozens of items that were found in a cave in southern Spain more than a century ago date from the Mesolithic era and are much older than previously thought, according to a new study. By Rachel ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: There’s no face on the oldest piece of art—a small sandstone figurine of a human from the Mesolithic era—ever found in one region of modern-day ...

There’s no face on the oldest piece of art—a small sandstone figurine of a human from the Mesolithic era—ever found in one region of modern-day Azerbaijan. “Its stylistic features considerably differ ...