Neanderthals inhabited western Eurasia from about 400,000 years ago until their extinction about 40,000 years ago and have ...

Evidence from caves in France and Spain shows Neanderthals made symbolic art long before Homo sapiens, reshaping ideas about ...

A hand silhouette, projected in red ochre onto a rock wall over 60,000 years ago, is now overturning the established ...

A cave in northern Greenland shows the Arctic once thawed under mild conditions. Scientists say even small warming can ...

"Has never been a stable system." Scientists make stunning discovery in cave hidden beneath Arctic ice: 'Tiny time capsules' ...

The cave in Tzoumerka, Epirus is one of the most impressive and most visited natural wonders of Greece and an ideal ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A calcite formation named Snowy River could prove a gold mine for scientists. Snowy River, believed to be the largest continuous calcite formation in the world, was discovered in ...

Hanging above C.J. Page’s head is the smiling mouth of a drooling monster at least, that’s what it looked like to me. Lathered in dripping, waxy calcite deposits, the mouth is actually a massive, ...

Hidden deep under the snow and even deeper under the earth is an underground river source unknown that trickles out from fissures in a limestone wall and flows through the tunnels and broken rocks of ...

From the Middle Bronze Age, Egypt played a crucial role in the appearance of calcite-alabaster artifacts in Israel, and the development of the local gypsum-alabaster industry. The absence of ancient ...

A new study allows for the first time the distinction between calcite-alabaster originating in Israel from that originating in Egypt. Furthermore, it confirms that calcite-alabaster objects, such as ...

From the Middle Bronze Age, Egypt played a crucial role in the appearance of calcite-alabaster artifacts in Israel, and the development of the local gypsum-alabaster industry. The absence of ancient ...