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Prehistoric

The marked location of the grotto.

Erkrath, Germany

Feldhofer Grotto

The first recognized Neanderthal remains were found in this now-lost cave in 1856.

Lundin Links Standing Stones.

Lundin Links, Scotland

Lundin Links Standing Stones

A trio of giant megalithic stones in the middle of a golf course.

Looking into the barrow from the entrance.

Marlborough, England

West Kennet Long Barrow

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.

Video • Object of Intrigue

Unboxing a Prehistoric Fish

The brain.

Museum of Human Evolution

This remarkable museum sprung from one of the most important prehistoric archaeological sites in the world.

Fire inside the reconstructed longhouse.

Stavanger, Norway

Iron Age Farm

A reconstructed farm shows what life was like in Norway 1,500 years ago.

Human foot for scale

Holyoke, Massachusetts

Dinosaur Footprints of Holyoke

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

These 540-million-year-old critter prints are the oldest found tracks on earth.

Found: The World's Oldest Footprints, Made by Ancient Bugs

They are tiny but mightily impactful.

Christina Ayele Djossa June 7, 2018

The archaeological site of Hadar.

Shinile, Ethiopia

Hadar Archaeological Site

The skeletal remains of the famous hominid "Lucy" were found at this spot.

Dinosaur tracks!

Sunland Park Dinosaur Tracks

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

The 432-million-year-old fossilized stem is one of the oldest and largest ever found.

A Czech Museum's 432-Million-Year-Old Plant Sprouts Surprising Information

A new look at the fossil shows plants of the era may have been greener and more vascular than we thought.

Christina Ayele Djossa May 8, 2018

Wakulla Springs.

Crawfordville, Florida

Wakulla Springs

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

Hanson Log Boat.

Hanson Log Boat

This Bronze Age boat was found buried remarkably intact in an English gravel pit.

Bhimbetka Rock Shelters

Bhimbetka Rock Shelters

A giant repository of accidentally discovered cave paintings up to 30,000 years old.

Antarctica was once covered in forests instead of ice.

Why Antarctica's Prehistoric Forests Might Foreshadow Its Future

Hidden on the frozen continent are clues to its greener past.

Sarah Laskow April 3, 2018

Like other members of the enantiornithine family, the fossilized fledgling (reconstructed here) likely had claws on its wings.

Found: A 127-Million-Year-Old Fossil of a Fledgling

These tiny, prehistoric bones tell a story about flight.

Jessica Leigh Hester March 5, 2018

Fragments of prehistoric life are embedded all over the urban landscape. But you have to look close.

How to Spot the Fossils Hiding in Plain Sight

Traces of prehistoric life are everywhere.

Jessica Leigh Hester February 23, 2018

This 8,000-year-old skull was part of a mysterious Mesolithic ritual.

Found: An Ancient, Watery Grave in Sweden

Why were these Mesolithic skulls mounted on stakes?

Vittoria Traverso February 14, 2018