Researchers have identified the oldest confirmed evidence of humans crafting tools from whale bone. These bones, which were shaped into slender projectiles for hunting,were discovered in excavations ...

Recent discoveries have suggested that tool-making, an indicator of intelligence, was practiced by pre-human species millions of years prior to the evolution of Homo sapiens. This revelation has the ...

Macaques in Thailand produced stone flakes while cracking nuts—a finding that could change what we thought about human history. Reading time 3 minutes Researchers studying macaques in one of ...

A total of 27 bone tools found at Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge Technology breakthrough is earlier than previously thought Researchers suspect tool maker was species Homo erectus The 27 tools, discovered ...

When people imagine the earliest human tools, they usually picture weapons. Stone handaxes, sharpened spears and heavy clubs have long dominated both archaeology textbooks and popular culture, ...

Ancient stone tools found in western Ukraine may be the oldest known evidence of early human presence in Europe, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The chipped stones, ...

For more than half a century, scientists have debated whether Paranthropus boisei, an extinct human relative known for its extremely powerful jaws and massive teeth, was capable of making and using ...