A small pebble with ornate markings is Britain’s earliest piece of Mesolithic art—but what do the markings denote, and was it worn for cosmetic purposes or spiritual ones? (03:19) Explore ...

An ochre pebble was found at another site on what would have been the opposite side of the lake. The area is near one of the most famous Mesolithic sites in Europe, Star Carr. More news from ...

A 5,000-year-old Neolithic site has been unearthed on a Danish island that holds an unusual secret: a stone-paved cellar ...

More than 1,200 Mesolithic tools have been unearthed from along an Aberdeenshire river. The flints, collected by archaeologists and volunteers in just three days earlier this year, were used by ...

The Stone Age in Britain took place between around 15000BC to 2500BC. The Mesolithic period is known as the middle stone age. Stone Age people cut up their food with sharpened stones and cooked it ...

It turned out to be 9,500 years old, meaning the individual lived during the Mesolithic period, which in northern Europe began at the end of the last ice age some 12,000 years ago and lasted until ...

No, not really. Previous studies of DNA from Mesolithic individuals recovered from Spain, Luxembourg and Hungary identified that they also lacked the versions of genes associated with reduced skin ...

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During the breeding season, a male Gentoo penguin will methodically search for the smoothest, most perfect pebble he can find. He presents this pebble to his desired mate as a token of his affection.

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