A 2,000 year old battery, or just a very interesting pot? This is the debate that’s been swirling over the fragments of a puzzling artifact discovered in Iraq nearly a century ago. Dubbed the “Baghdad ...

This wooden tool, which was likely used to dig through mud, was found near elephant bones. Dimitris Michailidis / © K. Harvati Researchers working along a lake shore ...

The finding, along with the discovery of a 500,000-year-old hammer made of bone, indicates that our human ancestors were making tools even earlier than archaeologists thought. By Franz Lidz Early ...

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The entrance of Cougar Mountain Cave where artifacts were found dating back to more than 12,000 years old and where the oldest known sewn material was found. Illustrations and images of sewn hide and ...