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'If you emptied Lake Baikal, it would take every river in the world flowing into it a year to fill.'

Mike Carter, The Observer, 2009

Paleolithic

These petroglyphs believed to be drawn 8,000 to 10,000 years ago in remotest Siberia

But who were the mysterious Paleolithic artists of these rock drawings?

Stunning 23,000 year old Venus with derriere like Kim Kardashian's unearthed in Russia

The Paleolithic beauty carved in woolly mammoth tusk has similarities to those uncovered in Siberia, but was found thousands of kilometres away.

13,300 year old spear made of woolly rhinoceros horn found on Arctic island

Discovery means Paleolithic man penetrated hundreds of kilometres further north than previously understood.

Is this proof early man weaponised ivory from woolly mammoth tusks to kill....woolly mammoths?

Deadly paleolithic spears - pictured here and manufactured from the ivory from extinct beasts - show the lethal genius of ancient craftsmen up to 28,500 years ago.

Paleolithic jewellery: still eye-catching after 50,000 years

Beads made from ostrich eggs buried in the Siberian cave around 2,000 generations ago reveal amazing artistic (and drilling) skills of our long-ago ancestors.

13,300 year old spear made of woolly rhinoceros horn found on Arctic island

Discovery means Paleolithic man penetrated hundreds of kilometres further north than previously understood.

Did Denisovans usher in the Stone Age in Mongolia?

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

Paleolithic man's 'butchering' tools found at site of 'largest woolly mammoth graveyard in Asia'

Implements or weapons made of quartz and quartzite unearthed among tons of bones under a Siberian village called... Mammoth.

The Siberian jaw that could unlock our genetic secrets - first exclusive picture

Unique Paleolithic prize for scientists, a jaw of an early human who 'feasted on woolly mammoth' - but may have been cannibalised.

Is this stunning bracelet made by Paleolithic man for his favourite woman really 70,000 years old?

Startling new scientific evidence to be reviewed by international experts which - if true - would transform our knowledge of skills and sophistication of early man.

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