Misconception: Stone Age medical practices were nonexistent. Over the years, archaeologists have found more than 1500 Neolithic skulls in Europe, Asia, and the Americas that have holes in them.

Then you go to Lascaux. When the Stone Age cave paintings at Altamira and Lascaux were stumbled upon in modern times, archaeologists and anthropologists regarded them as certainly frauds.

Does Stone Age Cave Art Contain The World’s Earliest Writing And Lunar Calendars? After 45,000 years we're still arguing about the meaning of these ancient artworks. Benjamin Taub ...

Suspected 35,000-Year-Old Stone Age Ritual Site Found Deep Within Cave A cave in Galilee hints at prehistoric ritual gatherings in a cave that holds evidence of Neanderthal and human occupation.

In a new study, my colleagues and I analysed stone tools from the cave that date to about 19,000 to 18,000 years ago, and discussed how the techniques used to make them hint at the ways that ...

The earliest evidence for the use of plants as drugs—possibly for medication or a pick-me-up—may have been found amid human remains in a 15,000-year-old cave burial in North Africa.

Human bones discovered in a house that burned down 5,700 years ago are providing archaeologists "CSI"-style clues about the deaths of seven people in prehistoric Ukraine.

Romancing the Stone Age 2 minute read Lev Grossman January 25, 2002 12:00 AM EST ...

A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Virulent Plague Might Have Obliterated Stone-Age Scandinavia.

More information: Elizabeth C. Velliky et al, Unveiling the multifunctional use of ochre in the Middle Stone Age: Specialized ochre retouchers from Blombos Cave, Science (2025).

In a new study, my colleagues and I analyzed stone tools from the cave that date to about 19,000 to 18,000 years ago, and discussed how the techniques used to make them hint at the ways that ...