Papers from the conference "African taphonomy: a tribute to the career of C.K. (Bob) Brain" held at the Stone Age Institute in Bloomington, Indiana from April 29-30, 2004. Fifty years of fun with ...

An international team of cave explorers has shown that cave walls and the prehistoric rock art that adorns them can preserve human DNA for thousands of years. Using sterilized scalpels and two layers ...

Archaeologists in Israel have discovered a cave used by pre-Neanderthal human-like creatures who lived as long as 400,000 years ago, making it one of only a handful of sites from the little-known ...

Scientists have long been fascinated by prehistoric cave art, which offers a rare glimpse into the creative minds of our ancestors. Now, they might finally be able to “meet” some of the artists who ...

Stunning features aboveground and below—lush forests, miles of hiking, and the largest cave system in the world—have earned this park World Heritage and International Biosphere Reserve status.

U.S. News Insider Tip: Café Olé, just outside the Crystal & Fantasy Caves, has one of the best fish sandwiches on the island. A sun hat is essential because you'll sit in the garden while they prepare ...

Explore the best of what Mother Nature has to offer. For many, the mighty Bluegrass State conjures bucolic scenes of the American southeast: ribbons of pastureland speckled with herds of grazing ...

This complex of colossal, interconnected caverns is located near the west coast of Borneo Island at the centre of Niah National Park. It contains the longest known records of human interaction with ...

Biological anthropology is the subdiscipline of anthropology that investigates the origins and evolution of hominins. Techniques include both the analysis of fossils and the behaviour, morphology and ...