Archaeologists in Portugal just identified the world's oldest mummies — thanks to a few undeveloped rolls of 60-year-old film ...

In 1903, workers excavating Gough’s Cave in England discovered the remains of a prehistoric man. Dating back 10,000 years to the Mesolithic Era, his skeleton revealed that he was part of a ...

The few Mesolithic graves that had been unearthed in Europe contained a flint blade or two, at most. In comparison, the Bad Dürrenberg grave was uniquely rich for the period.

Archaeologists thought they had found one grave, but excavation efforts turned up a treasure trove of ancient tools and coins.

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 ...

In addition, two transverse arrowheads made of quartz and two other possible quartz objects were found in the grave. Based on the shape of the arrowheads and shore-level dating, the burial can be ...

Mesolithic tools discovered. Credit: Wdecki Park Krajobrazowy Excavating around the soldier’s grave, the team found evidence of something much older: stone tools dating back to the Mesolithic period, ...

Because of the overabundance of grave goods surrounding the pair, archaeologists concluded that she was likely a shaman who died about 9,000 years ago, during the Mesolithic period.

Skateholm and other late Mesolithic burial sites in the region along the southern Scandinavian coastline hold particular interest to archaeologists as they reveal communities of hunter-gatherers ...

Article Title Preservation of microscopic fur, feather, and bast fibers in the Mesolithic ochre grave of Majoonsuo, Eastern Finland.