On the day The Land of Painted Caves - the final volume in her phenomenally popular Earth's Children series - is published, Jean M Auel talks to Sarah Crown about how she went about researching prehistory

Madeleine Bunting puts readers' questions to Harvard professor and cognitive scientist Steven Pinker, whose new book, The Better Angels of Our Nature, argues that levels of violence have declined from prehistory to today

Discover more about Neolithic liferef='https://goo.gl/juNj89' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>life In celebration of the history of human ingenuity we traveled back into the mists of prehistory. Join Graham Taylor in the Neolithic...

View images from this exhibitionttp://www.metmuseum.org/special/art_love/images.asp' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>exhibition Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Art and Love in Renaissance Italy," these lectures explore...

View images from this exhibitionttp://www.metmuseum.org/special/art_love/images.asp' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>exhibition Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Art and Love in Renaissance Italy," these lectures explore...

View images from this exhibitionttp://www.metmuseum.org/special/art_love/images.asp' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>exhibition Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Art and Love in Renaissance Italy," these lectures explore...

View images from this exhibitionttp://www.metmuseum.org/special/art_love/images.asp' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>exhibition Presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Art and Love in Renaissance Italy," these lectures explore...

Professor Jack examines the prehistory of reading as well as the early attitudes to reading in the ancient worldef='http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/ancient-reading-in-an-historical-context' target='_blank'...

Of all diseases tuberculosis is the most widely represented in literature, opera and drama. The disease has been present in humans since prehistory and hence has a particularly long pedigree of representation in myth and culture, being...

The British Architectural Library at the RIBA is the largest and most comprehensive resource in the United Kingdom for research and information on all aspects of architecture. Its collections are one of the top three in the world and the...

Our only natural satellite has been an object of fascination for humankind since prehistory. Despite being the only other place in the Solar System we have visited in person, we are still making startling discoveries about the Moon - and...

Discover more about Neolithic liferef='https://goo.gl/juNj89' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>life In celebration of the history of human ingenuity we traveled back into the mists of prehistory. Join Graham Taylor in the Neolithic...

The origins of ancient Egypt lie in prehistory, a millennium before the pyramids were built. Current understanding of how and why the Egyptian state developed is based solely on archaeological evidence. Proceedings A has published the...

Did you know schools can get free entry to the places where history happened?http://ow.ly/OkkZ8' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>happened? Discover how Glade Primary School in Suffolk tackled their prehistory topic of ‘Changes in...

Araisi lake dwelling site is a popular tourist location with original and reconstructed remnants of Latvian prehistory. It is a unique nationally important archaeological site: remains of the 9th-10th centuries Latgalian fortified...

New evidence reveals a previously unknown population of ancient Native Americans. An NSF-funded team led by archaeologists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks analyzed Ancient-DNA from the cremated remains of one of two already...

Learn about the history of Australia, from the prehistory of the aboriginal peoples to its later discovery by Europeans. Also learn about such things as its environment, wildlife, sports teams, and famous actors who were born in Australia.

From prehistory through modern-day occurrences, history offers some pretty fascinating stories and information. It also, as often as not, leaves observers wanting more. Simply put, history is full of questions - and Redditors want...