There's a bright side to every situation. In 2032, the Moon itself might have a particularly bright side if it is blasted by a 60-meter-wide asteroid. The chances of such an event are still relatively small (only around 4 per...

Archaeologists have found that early humans in what is now China were using sophisticated stone tools as far back as 160,000 years ago."This discovery challenges the perception that stone tool technology in Asia lagged behind Europe and Africa during this...

Roughly 5,500–6,000 years ago, the area including present-day Finland was inhabited by hunter-fisher-gatherers living in small village-like clusters...They also colored their dead and objects, before burial, with the same pigment. The fiery red color was undoubtedly meaningful in itself, but...

Two artefacts found at a lake shore in Greece are the oldest wooden tools to be uncovered so far and date back 430,000 years. The research was published on Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.