Scientists have uncovered the oldest known hand-held wooden tools ever used by humans — and they’re an astonishing 430,000 ...

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material could be ...

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

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than 6 miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. The development of the Oldowan toolkit made it possible for ...

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 ...

Early humans were living in a balmy Britain 200,000 years earlier than previously thought, say researchers who discovered a set of flint tools. Humans are known to have been present in southern Europe ...

Researchers believe they’ve found the earliest known use of hand-held wooden tools in human history. The team points to artifacts from Greece of crafted pieces of alder and either willow or poplar, ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

A beach walk in Norfolk led to the discovery of a 780,000-year-old hand axe, rewriting early human history and settlement ...