What it tells us about the past: This prehistoric carving, discovered inside a cave in France, depicts a steppe wisent (Bison priscus), a now-extinct species of bison. It was crafted from a piece of ...

Archaeologists in Russia have made an extraordinary discovery. They have identified a spear carved from bone that’s about 70,000 to 80,000 years old. This is the oldest spear ever found in Europe— but ...

The engraved bison bone was found in the North Sea. The engraved bison bone was found in the North Sea. Amkreutz et al. in Antiquity, photographs: National Museum of Antiquities After lying hidden for ...

For centuries, the Athabascan people of Alaska relied on wood bison for survival. That is until the species, deemed by the National Park Service as the largest terrestrial animal in North America, ...