Dating back 11,000 years - with a coded message left by ancient man from the Mesolithic Age - the Shigir Idol is almost three times as old as the Egyptian pyramids.

Unique crouched burials for this period - comprising seriously ill quartet - presents archeologists with a puzzle.

Worried about the rapid destruction of permafrost from global warming? Here's how you can counter it by restoring the woolly mammoth habitat.

Likely from the Okunev culture, might this mysterious ancient figurine with the angry face be a children's 'rattle', to ward off evil spirits? 

Wild animal uses eye contact to 'flatter' biologist Alexander Yakovlev - hoping for a tasty breakfast - at dawn on the shores of the freezing Gulf of Ob.

Mongolian Palaeolithic sites in may prove a missing link in the map of these ancient hominins.

The sensational discovery could lead to a much clearer understanding of a blast which was 1,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb.

Modern fluoroscopy identifies sheep bones inside the Tagar culture death mask.

Giant sinkhole threatens more homes as it widens each week.