Sacrifices of “sun stones” occurred around the same time a volcanic eruption in 2900 BC dimmed the sun throughout Northern ...

The site had an unusually high abundance of fish compared to other Stone Age sites, suggesting that people captured more fish as waterholes shrank during the dry season. “People start to ...

Misconception: Life took place mostly in caves. It’s not necessarily a misconception that Stone Age people lived in caves and grunted and carried around big honkin’ clubs. They most certainly ...

The Lovers of Valdaro, an ancient Stone Age couple entwined in an eternal embrace, have been discovered in an archaeological ...

The Mesolithic period is known as the middle stone age. Stone Age people cut up their food with sharpened stones and cooked it on a fire. After a good day’s hunting people could feast on meat.

Detail of fossils embedded in Purbeck Marble Marc Benda was quick to point out that “there’s just one family quarrying this stone, and only two or three stone masons we could trust to work ...

“Was it only on the small island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea that the Stone Age people sacrificed sun stones around 2900 BC? Or was the sun stone ritual part of a bigger religious movement ...