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 ...

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 ...

The sands of the Arabian peninsula were once dotted with lakes that teemed with life, but early humans avoided them unless ...

Learn about a 500,000-year old hammer made from elephant bone, used by early humans in England to sharpen stone tools. Our ancient ancestors crafted ingenious tools made not just from stone, but from ...

Fresh water in deserts often points to sites with signs of early humans and stone tools. But, in Arabia’s Rub’ al Khali region, water alone does not predict occupation.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dozens of large and small stone flakes and production waste found at the Jojosi excavation site in eastern South Africa, April 11, ...

Artist’s concept of a paleolithic woman producing a digging stick from a small alder tree trunk, the kind of wood used for the Marathousa digging stick. Early humans shaped the wood with a small stone ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The ...