Cambridge University researchers found that prehistoric females may have been a whole lot tougher than today's strongest athletes. When you picture women of the prehistoric era, you probably envision ...

A prehistoric human skeleton buried alongside a number of wild animal remains may represent the burial of a "shaman" who died around 12,000 years ago, a study has proposed. The burial was excavated in ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

“Prehistoric women had stronger arms than today’s elite rowing crews.” That’s not a joke it is true, according to Dr. Alison Macintosh from Cambridge University whose research demonstrated that ...

Recent scientific reevaluations of remains have historians rethinking the prevalence of women fighters throughout history. In an ancient cemetery in Sárrétudvari, Hungary, archaeologists have ...

The Maasai are the current residents of Engare Sero, a region in Northern Tanzania. They've shifted from the nomadic lifestyle that prehistoric humans in the area had. (Tomas Adzke/Deposit Photos/) ...

The prehistoric peopling of Europe has long been documented as occurring in waves from the western edge of Eurasia.

Archaeologists have uncovered a mysterious prehistoric grave site in Granada, Spain, with more women than men buried, raising questions about the demographic of the ancient region. Spain’s Panoría ...

A submerged prehistoric structure has been found to be far older than once thought, according to a new study. The findings shed new light on the early human settlement of the Balearic Islands in the ...