In central China, scientists have spent over a decade excavating and studying an archaeological site where ancient humans ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stone tools are deliberately made by the hands of hominins, like these worked on by the author. John K. Murray Have you ever found ...

A remarkable collection of ancient stone tools proves that human creativity can thrive in challenging times. The complexity ...

Finds at sites in Spain and France suggest that Neandertals used the teeth of ancient rhinos for heavy-duty fabrication.

A new exhibit at the Clarke Historical Museum in Eureka highlights many of the types of stone tools made and used in the Pacific Northwest over the last 10,000 years. “Stone Tool Use in the Pacific ...

When Japanese scientists wanted to learn more about how ground stone tools dating back to the Early Upper Paleolithic might have been used, they decided to build their own replicas of adzes, axes, and ...

Camera trap footage of a white-faced capuchin monkey from Isla Jicarón, Coiba National Park, Panama. Some groups of capuchins in the park have begun using stone tools, which may give insight into how ...

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, ...

A fossil hippo skeleton and associated Oldowan artifacts were exposed at the Nyayanga site. T.W. Plummer, Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropological Project The dead hippo represented a stroke of luck to our ...

Researchers exploring the Haridra River near Medak district discovered stone tools dating from the Paleolithic to Neolithic ...

Archaeologists and primatologists have shown that stone tool using chimpanzees in West Africa have distinct and recognizable material cultures. During fieldwork aimed at documenting the stone tool use ...