The story of early human presence at Skye begins with a series of unexpected finds.

‘Forget the label “Stone Age”, look at what these people were ... and skills to create something they’d never seen before, ...

The Stone Age was a prehistoric period that lasted more than 3 million years, from the point when human ancestors began using stone tools until the time we invented metalworking. Archaeologists ...

A nearly complete skeleton found in a cave in France belonged to a group known as the Palaeolithic dogs and its skeleton ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Narrator: Excuse me. Yes, you. Ever wondered what prehistoric Britain was like? Great! Well let’s start at the ...

“The islands have been inhabited for a very long time, from before the day of the plough ... date from the Neolithic—the New Stone Age. The earliest evidence of Neolithic activity ...

Excavations at a cave on the island of Malta have uncovered stone tools, cooking site and animal skeletons from 8,500 years ago — 1,000 years before the first farmers arrived on the island ...

An ancient hunter likely wore it as a protective charm, since the bear was the most powerful and dangerous animal that lived in the area during the Stone Age. "Słupcio" — or "little guy from ...