Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000 years old, new dating has ...

A bronze compass, possibly used by one of history’s greatest astronomers, was recently uncovered during an archaeological dig ...

In this work we propose a fully automatic system for bone age evaluation, according to the Tanner and Whitehouse method (TW2), based on the integration between EMROI and CROI analysis, which ensures ...

While excavating the route of a planned highway, archaeologists found a tusk and pelvis bone dating to the Ice Age.

A sword that may date back to the Bronze Age, roughly 3,500 years ago, was found following searches carried out in a case of aggravated theft, in the commune of Corbasca, Bacău County. The ...

Sara Watson works for the FIeld Museum of Natural History and Indiana State University The Earth of the last Ice Age (about 26,000 to 19,000 years ago) was very different from today’s world. In ...

Alexandre Lefebvre / Handout via Reuters A large projectile point made of gray whale bone from the Duruthy rockshelter, dated between 18,000 and 17,500 years ago, is seen in Landes, France, in March ...

Analysis - The Earth of the last Ice Age (about 26,000 to 19,000 years ago) was very different from today's world.

Fewer tools are found in the more recent layers than in deeper layers, suggesting that people were using the site less frequently than they had previously. This may suggest that during the Ice Age the ...

Bone age is an essential measure of skeletal maturity in children with growth disorders. It is typically assessed by a trained physician using radiographs of the hand and a reference model. However, ...

A new study argues that ancient rattles unearthed in Syria aren’t musical instruments, but toys used to entertain infants. “Today, we use screens, back then it was rattles.” ...