Characteristic macroscopic (top) and microscopic (bottom) traces might be used to determine how stone edges were used. Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan ...

WASHINGTON — Early human ancestors during the Old Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously known, according to research published Friday. Not only did these ...

Our ancestors in Kenya's Southern Rift Valley made some pretty innovative tools. And they made them far earlier than previously thought. The oldest innovations were axes designed to be held in the ...

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 ...

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Early humans were quarrying stone in southern Africa over 200,000 years ago, reveals new research. People quarried rocks for their tools in places they specifically sought out thousands of years ...

Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000 years old, new dating has shown. Discovered during excavations carried out in 2014–15 and 2018–19, ...

The Adorant figurine from Geißenklösterle Cave, approximately 38,000 years old, consists of a small ivory plate bearing an anthropomorphic figure and multiple sequences of notches and dots. The ...