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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...