A recent DNA report of a 10,000-year-old skeleton named Cheddar Man found a match with a history teacher from Britain. Cheddar Man is Britain’s oldest human skeleton that was found at Somerset’s Gough ...

Archaeologists have discovered up to 25 Mesolithic pits on what has been described as a "nationally important prehistoric site". The pits, found in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, are up to 5m (16ft) ...

It looks just like a worn-out crayon you'd find at the bottom of a kid's art box, but this one has an important difference: it's 10,000 years old. Archaeologists unearthed the ancient ochre crayon, ...

Linmere site has more monumental pits in a single area than anywhere else in England and Wales A prehistoric site with as many as 25 monumental pits has been discovered in Bedfordshire to the ...

Mesolithic decorated antler fragment found in Sweden. Credit: Peter Zetterlund / National Historical Museums A recent archaeological study in Sweden has revealed a fascinating discovery that ...

More than 1,200 Mesolithic worked stone tools dating back to around 6,000–10,000 years ago have been found alongside the River Dee in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The flints — which include blades, ...

A new research shows that ancient Europeans from around 7,000 years ago may have had blue eyes and dark skin. Researchers involved in the study conducted DNA analysis on the remains of a Mesolithic ...

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 ...

Long before ancient Britons erected the mysterious monoliths of Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain, the region was a hunting hot spot where Mesolithic people stalked animals, including, researchers now ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In an unassuming farm field in Yorkshire, peat preserves secrets. Tens of thousands of fragments of wood, bone, antler, and stone ...

Analysis of the skeletal remains of a Mesolithic man found in a cave on a Croatian island has revealed microscopic fish and plant remains in the dental plaque of a tooth -- a first-time discovery for ...