Researchers exploring the Haridra River near Medak district discovered stone tools dating from the Paleolithic to Neolithic ...

Archaeologists in central China have uncovered 146,000-year-old stone tools made by Homo juluensis during a harsh ice age, overturning assumptions that innovation flourished mainly in warm, ...

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

The Stone Age was a prehistoric period that lasted more than 3 million years, from the point when human ancestors began using stone tools until the time we invented metalworking. Archaeologists often ...

Characteristic macroscopic (top) and microscopic (bottom) traces might be used to determine how stone edges were used. Credit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan ...

Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000 years old, new dating has shown. Discovered during excavations carried out in 2014–15 and 2018–19, ...

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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 ...