Pottery remains reveal secrets of ancient Europeans’ surprisingly complex diet - Plants and aquatic foods played key role in ...

6,000-year-old pottery reveals prehistoric humans cooked gourmet food with plants and fish, offering new insight into ancient ...

A 2,800-year-old mass grave in Serbia reveals a chilling pattern: women and children deliberately targeted, most unrelated to one another, and buried in a ritualized ceremony.

Thousands of years ago, European communities used a variety of plant and animal products to create elaborate meals, according ...

Learn how microscopic food traces in ancient pottery reveal the varied ingredients of prehistoric European cuisine.

Thousands of years ago, European communities used a variety of plant and animal products to create elaborate meals, according ...

Divers exploring the North Sea have uncovered evidence of a prehistoric settlement in Doggerland, a landmass that once connected Britain to mainland Europe. These findings offer a rare glimpse into ...

An ancient elephant bone hammer from southern England reveals that early humans used rare materials to precisely sharpen stone tools, highlighting unexpected technological sophistication 500,000 years ...

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Long before agriculture, humans were transforming Europe’s wild landscapes. Advanced simulations show that hunting and fire use by Neanderthals and Mesolithic hunter-gatherers reshaped forests and ...

Eating human brains might seem relegated to zombie flicks, but a new study found that European warriors did just that 18,000 years ago, per “noodle”-slurping study in the journal Scientific Reports.