A vast subterranean cave system in southern France, near Avignon, is rewriting what we thought we knew about prehistoric human exploration. The Saint-Marcel cave network, stretching over 40 miles, ...

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny details ...

The discovery of more than 100 prehistoric structures in the Cova Dones cave in Spain makes it one of the most significant prehistoric underground sites in the world. Archaeologists found stalagmites ...

New evidence of wolves and humans living together on Swedish island points to likely prehistoric domestication ...

Deep inside a remote cave, a scatter of ancient wolf bones can feel like a crime scene frozen in time. The way those remains ...

Archaeologist Richard Oslisly leads a dig at Youmbidi Cave in eastern Gabon where unearthed vestiges of prehistoric human activity offer insight into central Africa's ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Natural Trap Cave is a pit in northern Wyoming into which countless animals have fallen and met their untimely demise since the Pleistocene.

For centuries, the "Unicorn Cave," or "Einhornhöhle," in central Germany has been famous for its many thousands of bones. In medieval times, people thought the bones came from unicorns. But a few ...

Researchers in Spain used Apple iPhone’s built-in LiDAR sensor to create a 3D map of a cave with hundreds of prehistoric cave paintings. Digital model of La Pileta cave Cueva de la Pileta is a cave in ...