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

A new analysis of crystals that formed inside one of the bones shows that the site dates back to an ice age 146,000 years ago ...

The research unveils a more intricate narrative of innovation, intelligence, and human evolution in East Asia.

A brainy human relative who lived during an ice age nearly 150,000 years ago adapted to the bitter cold by developing a ...

WASHINGTON (Nov. 4, 2025)--Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring wildfires, droughts, and dramatic environmental shifts.

Fossils from Nesher Ramla in Israel dating to between 140,000 and 120,000 years ago were assigned to a previously ...

Sharp stone technology chipped over three million years allowed early humans to exploit animal and plant food resources. But how did the production of stone tools -- called 'knapping' -- start?

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 new study has revealed that Neanderthals possessed an unexpected and highly durable tool in their kits: the teeth of prehistoric rhinoceroses. Marks found on fossilized rhino teeth discovered in ...

New discoveries made in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania by an international team led by Ignacio de la Torre, CSIC-Spanish National Research Council, push back the archaeological record of bone-tool ...