Researchers say they have found an intact section of a bow made of yew that is more than 5,000 years old at the La Draga site in Spain. Part of the site is submerged in Lake Banyoles; other sections of the site on the lake’s shores offer anaerobic conditions, which favor the preservation of organic artifacts. […]

Fragments of pottery discovered in a cave in southern China are 20,000 years old, according to a team of archaeologists led by Ofer Bar-Yosef of Harvard University. The pot was probably used to cook food in water or even brew alcohol. “Hunter-gatherers were under pressure to get enough food. If the invention is a good […]