Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago. A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and ...

The tool we've identified is called a Quina scraper. This type of stone tool is well known from archaeological sites in ...

The mortar, pestle and cutting board in your kitchen are modern versions of manos and metates—ancient cooking implements ...

A style of primitive stone tools named for the French site where they were first discovered have shown up half a world away.

The researchers suggested that only after using naturally sharp stones for cutting did ancient humans faced selective ...

The study, published in Nature, suggests that early hominins had more complex toolkits than previously believed, incorporating both stone ... tool-making and highlight the evolving ingenuity of ...

Around 3.3 million years ago, hominins began using flakes of stone, perhaps to cut flesh from carcasses or chop plants. And by 1.5 million years ago, they were using more sophisticated tools made ...

Researchers extract plant residues from ancient bedrock metates, revealing insights into early diets and traditional plant ...

And that may change the way scientists think about when ancient humans started using crafted bone instead of stone as tools. The Olduvai Gorge has been a treasure trove of ancient human artefacts ...