An extraordinary discovery was made in Indonesia ... for example, on rocks in the Blombos caves in South Africa. According to some sources, these date back 75,000 or even 100,000 years.

The cave was clearly used for burials, but it also holds the remains of an ancient hearth. "The moment we discovered the dagger was unforgettable," Federico Bernardini, an archaeologist at Ca ...

Beneath the island’s rainforest, explorers search for new discoveries deep within some of the Earth’s largest, longest, and wildest caves. At dusk, a swarm of bats disperses to hunt in the ...

A new study found remnants of ash and charcoal in Tam Pà Ling Cave in Laos. Human fossils were found in the cave back in 2009, but it was assumed at the time that they had simply been washed into ...

Scientists have for the first time discovered a cave on the Moon. At least 100m deep, it could be an ideal place for humans to build a permanent base, they say. It is just one in probably hundreds ...

But there is hope, says Thymann, and documenting this dense habitat of underwater caves may be the first step in protecting the manatees that live there. Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your ...

75,000-Year-Old Female Neanderthal from Cave Where Species Buried Their Dead ... year-old female Neanderthal whose flattened skull was discovered and rebuilt from hundreds of ...

Now, the study of deep-sea fauna has led to the discovery of an unexpected ecosystem ... of giant tube worms and snails living in volcanic caves beneath warm vents in the Pacific Ocean.

The cave is a significant find, being the first of its kind situated in a forested area just five kilometers from the Caspian Sea, Veli Jahani, the provincial tourism chief, said on Friday. The ...

Cave and swords, Ein Gedi, Israel(Courtesy Eitan Klein, Israel Antiquities Authority) Why the swords were hidden in the cave is unknown, although a coin found near the entrance may provide some ...

A national park is holding an archaeology day to share recent discoveries with the public ... Pennine millstones and Neolithic caves. A statement from the Yorkshire Dales National Park said ...