Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material could be ...
Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged by the discovery of a richly-layered archaeological ...
Early humans in England used elephant bone to sharpen stone tools, revealing advanced planning, material knowledge, and ...
Learn about a 500,000-year old hammer made from elephant bone, used by early humans in England to sharpen stone tools.
A STONE Age stick wielded by humans 430,000 years ago may be the oldest wooden tool ever discovered. Two time-travelling ...
Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than six miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ...
Finds from Greece and Britain suggest early hominins were shaping wood and bone with far more intention and ingenuity than ...
Niguss Gitaw Baraki receives funding from the Leakey Foundation and the U.S. National Science Foundation. Dan V. Palcu Rolier's work was supported by NWO Veni grant 212.136, FAPESP grants 2018/20733-6 ...
OUR prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material could be ...