When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Stone Age was a prehistoric period that lasted more than 3 million years, from the point when ...

New archaeological findings have upended our previous beliefs about early human migration with evidence that hunter-gatherers came ashore on the Mediterranean island of Malta about 8,500 years ago.

Archaeologists studying the vast Zvejnieki cemetery in Latvia have uncovered surprising truths about Stone Age life. Stone tools, long thought to symbolize male hunters, were actually buried just as ...

The excavation of an ancient burial in northern Latvia dating back over 5,000 years challenges long-held assumptions about the roles of women and children in Stone Age societies. Analysis of remains ...