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Prehistoric hunter-gatherers were likely skilled seafarers who could make long and challenging journeys. Stone tools, animal bones and other artifacts unearthed in Malta indicate that humans first ...

‘It is not unusual to find many stone artefacts of hunter-gatherers out in the open, but here was a situation which we had ...

There are many mysteries surrounding Europe's hunter-gatherers, but farming played a role in their demise. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

It has long been thought that meat played an important role in the diet of hunter-gatherers before the Neolithic transition. However, due to the scarcity of well-preserved human remains from ...

Evidence reveals that people reached Malta 8,500 years ago. Hunter-gatherers made the long trip there 1,000 years before agricultural societies arrived. Read the paper: Hunter-gatherer sea voyages ...