Prehistoric

The "skull cup" was found in a cave where ancient humans modified the bones of the dead for thousands of years. But its function remains unclear.

A discovery from the Kalambo Falls site in Zambia challenges the prevailing view that Stone Age humans were solely nomadic.

The rock engravings created by Stone Age hunter-gatherers depict animal tracks and human footprints.

The artwork found in the 1,600-foot-deep cave is thought to have been made more than 24,000 years ago.

The hilltop campsite, which may have been used as a base for hunting, contains numerous Stone Age remains, including flint tools and bones.

The huge monument, which likely served as a site for ritual activity, measures around 3,600 feet in length and 164 feet wide.

Researchers have uncovered evidence of a group of Neanderthals that hunted deer around 60,000 years ago.

Cannibalism does not appear to have been widespread among Neanderthals but evidence from a site in Spain shows that among some groups it was more common.

Scientists have found that markings on a cave wall in France were deliberately made by Neanderthals more than 57,000 years ago.

Megafauna like massive elephants were once thought to have gone extinct due to humans arriving, but it turns out we weren't responsible after all.

The human species Homo naledi may have buried their dead deliberately, and made carvings into their cave walls, unusual behavior for their small brains.

The alligator gar, a species whose existence can be traced back more than 100 million years, was over 7 feet long and weighed almost 200 pounds.

Scientist tells Newsweek that Altamura Man research is "of enormous interest for our knowledge of Neanderthals, ourselves as a species and human evolution."

"I thought right away that it looked similar to a shark's tooth, but was confused because it was quite a large size," Rachel Shill Cook told Newsweek.

The fish, whose fossil was unearthed in South Africa, lived around 419 million years ago.

Bones believed to be of the antique bison, an extinct species of bison larger than modern day bison that died out around 10,000 years ago, have been discovered.

Daniel Nuzum and AJ Rotondella released the critically endangered, 13-foot sawfish after hooking it off the coast of Florida.

"Seeing the skull in such great condition really helps with being able to visualize how this creature may appear in real life," said photographer Israel Baldago

Study author Nicholas Skopal told Newsweek that they have "only scratched the surface of the stone jar sites, and there must be more."

The predator was a "marine monster," paleontologist at Peru's National University, Rodolfo Salas-Gismondi, told Reuters.

The 12,000-year-old tooth was found back in December during a fishing trip and has been in a restaurant ever since.

The 170 million-year-old fossilized reptile is believed to have been one of the largest animals to have flown in Earth's history.

People have been celebrating solstices at the famous prehistoric site in southwestern England for thousands of years.

A woman noticed the "interesting" and unusual artifact while picking up trash along a Virginia beach.

The approximately 2,200-pound dinosaur is believed to have been the apex predator of its ecosystem.

The summer and winter solstices held a special significance for the people who built Stonehenge around 4,500 years ago.

Missy Tracewell said she cried and jumped up and down "like a five-year-old" when she found the tooth of the prehistoric predator.

The largest of these prehistoric species was 10 times the length of anchovies living today.

"The quantity of fish we have found and studied are unprecedented in the central Sahara," researcher Savino di Lernia told Newsweek.

248 million-year-old fossils discovered in Russia almost 60 years ago re-examined by scientists.