Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.
The "very rare" find provides an extraordinary glimpse into the ingenuity of early human relatives who lived around half a ...
The earliest hominins in Europe shared their environment with large mammals and elephants were some of the largest animals ...
The Nyayanga excavation site in Kenya, in July 2025. Fossils and Oldowan tools have been excavated from the tan and reddish-brown sediments, which date to more than 2.6 million years old. T. W.
A roughly 500,000-year-old elephant bone hammer has been discovered in Boxgrove, England. This find ...
Early human ancestors during the Old Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously known, according to research published Friday. Not only did these early people ...
A fragment of elephant bone used to sharpen stone axes nearly half a million years ago has been identified as the oldest ...