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

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 ...

These weren’t just sharpened rocks. Stone Age weapons were engineered for one thing—damage. From flint daggers to barbed points, early humans built for survival and war Full list of Spanberger ...

(CN) — Stone tools uncovered in central China suggest early humans there were far more inventive than scientists once believed, making complex tools tens of thousands of years earlier than expected.

From unexplained tools to mysterious migrations, early human history is filled with puzzles that continue to challenge archaeologists. These are five of the most enduring mysteries from humanity’s ...

For more than 1 million years, early humans in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean used a range of heavy tools, such as massive handaxes and stone balls, for important tasks, including ...

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 ...