The Debrief

Early Humans in Asia Were Making Advanced Tools 160,000 Years Ago—Upending a Long-Held Assumptions

Ancient tools from China show early humans made complex, hafted technologies 160,000 years ago, reshaping views of innovation ...
Science Daily

Ancient tools in China are forcing scientists to rethink early humans

Archaeologists in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans were far more inventive than long assumed. Excavations at the Xigou site reveal advanced stone tools, including the earliest ...

Shaped by ancient humans, 430,000-year-old wooden tools are the oldest ever found

Used by our early human ancestors around 430,000 years ago, the earliest known hand-held wooden tools have been uncovered by ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Early Humans Moved Stones Long Distances to Make Tools 600,000 Years Earlier Than Thought

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.
The Conversation

Early humans relied on simple stone tools for 300,000 years in a changing east African landscape

Niguss Gitaw Baraki receives funding from the Leakey Foundation and the U.S. National Science Foundation. Dan V. Palcu Rolier's work was supported by NWO Veni grant 212.136, FAPESP grants 2018/20733-6 ...