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 ...

Scientists have uncovered the oldest known hand-held wooden tools ever used by humans — and they’re an astonishing 430,000 years old. Buried for hundreds of thousands of years at an ancient lakeside ...

A discovery from an ancient lakeside settlement in northern Israel is changing how scientists understand early human intelligence. The study of 780,000-year-old basalt tools from Gesher Benot Ya’aqov ...

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 ...

This research provides a clearer timeline for the onset of stone tool technology and helps attribute early technology to climate pressures. The research also provides empirical evidence that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A pair of carved wooden objects from Greece is reshaping what scientists thought they knew about early human ...

A remarkably preserved elephant tooth previously recovered from Gesher Benot Ya'aqov (GBY-NBA)—a prehistoric site in northern ...

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