A set of human footprints found in an ancient lake deposit in the south-west of the Nefud Desert is believed to represent…
Portugal’s Côa Valley contains Europe’s greatest collection of open-air Ice Age images. Across 17km, there are currently more than 530 known panels…
When the very first issue of CWA was created in September 2003, founder and editor Andrew Selkirk wrote that, ‘It’s time for…
What is it? This statuette, dating from around 21,000 BC, has the familiar form of a Palaeolithic ‘Venus’ figurine. Carved out of…
Evidence for the brutal massacre of a hunter-gatherer group is shattering long-held beliefs that pre-farming societies were essentially peaceful. The remains of…
What was life like for the Cro-Magnons, Europe's first anatomically modern humans? Having harnessed the archaeological data, Brian Fagan then gathers us…
New species of hominid have been discovered in South Africa and Siberia, adding to the story of the evolution of modern humans…
The compelling rock art of north-eastern Brazil explored. But how might it redraft the story of early human migration…
35,000 year old venus statue found at Swabian Jura, the earliest example of its kind by some 5,000 years…
A snapshot of the Australopithecus afarensis, otherwise known as 'Lucy'.…
Archaeologists discover evidence of ritual activity dating back 70,000 years in Kalahari cave…
At the sites of Orce and Cueva Victoria in Spain, the story of the early hominid colonisation of Europe is being rewritten…