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At this Olorgesailie Basin excavation site in Kenya, scientists found red ocher pigments with Middle Stone Age artifacts. The layers of soil provide evidence of the environmental change. Photo by Human Origins Program, Smithsonian

Science Mar 15

Our ancestors in East Africa were making sophisticated tools far earlier than we thought

By Teresa Carey

Science Aug 20

Keeping up with the Joneses, Neolithic Scotland edition

As I stand on this windswept bit of Orkney looking down at the Ness of Brodgar dig site, there’s a salty sea loch to my left, a freshwater loch to my right, and standing stones in front of and behind…

By Lorna Baldwin

Science Aug 14

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Scientists Find Stone Age Burial Ground From Once-green Sahara

A team of paleontologists inadvertently discovered the remains of a Stone Age cemetery in the Sahara desert, revealing clues about the lives of the hunter-gatherers who lived in the once-temperate region. A lead researcher details the finds.

Science Jan 31

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Archaeologists Find Workers’ Village Near Stonehenge

A team of archaeologists has uncovered the remains of a village they believe dates from the same time as -- and is located a mere two miles from -- Stonehenge, one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world.

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