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 ...

An ancient elephant bone hammer from southern England reveals that early humans used rare materials to precisely sharpen ...

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than six miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi are more than 1 million years old. - M W Moore Archaeologists have ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

The very first humans millions of years ago may have been inventors, according to a discovery in northwest Kenya. Researchers have found that the primitive humans who lived 2.75 million years ago at ...

Recent discoveries have unveiled a fascinating chapter in human history, as stone tools provide compelling evidence of Paleolithic migrations across the Pacific into North America. This challenges the ...

Earlier migrations relied on “green corridors”—temporary windows of perfect weather that allowed people to move through ...

Archaeologists have uncovered primitive sharp-edged stone tools on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, adding another piece to an evolutionary puzzle involving mysterious ancient humans who lived in a ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. WASHINGTON (AP) — Early human ancestors during the Old Stone Age were more picky about the rocks ...