A cave in Galilee, Israel, has yielded evidence for ritualistic gathering 35,000 years ago, the earliest on the Asian continent. Three Israeli researchers led the team that published its results today ...

With construction projects, there are multiple risks to consider when on a jobsite. Let’s look at two of the most dangerous jobs—trenching and excavation. In 2022, 39 people died while doing trenching ...

Fifteen years of archaeological work in the Tam Pa Ling cave in northeastern Laos has yielded a reliable chronology of early human occupation of the site. The team's excavations through the layers of ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Four Roman-era swords, their wooden and leather hilts and scabbards and steel blades exquisitely preserved after 1,900 years in a desert cave, surfaced in a recent excavation by ...

(CN) — Cannibalism, whether to stave off death by starvation or within the confines of ritual ceremony, is regarded as one of the most extreme human practices. And there are still many questions as to ...

Researchers have discovered hundreds of prehistoric animal bones—including the remains of a cave lion and a mammoth—at a cave in Poland. The so-called Paradise Cave (Jaskinia Raj), located in the ...

Excavations in 2022 in the Basque cave of Isturitz, France, where several dozen whale bone objects were discovered. Picture: Jean-Marc Pétillon Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Riverbluff Cave is the oldest, fossil cave in all of North America and it’s located in the Ozarks. Geologist Matt Forir was one of the first humans to ever enter Riverbluff ...

Neanderthal reconnstruction made by brother Kennis for Neanderthal Museum. Credit: Neanderthal Museum The fact that Neanderthals were able to make a fire and use it, among other things, for cooking, ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Fifteen years of archaeological work in the Tam Pa Ling cave in northeastern Laos has yielded a reliable chronology of early human occupation of the site, scientists report in the ...