The world’s oldest modified mammoth ivory pieces may have been used by children to mimic the tools of their parents, or ...

Bone tools have been created by hominins for millions of years, with the earliest evidence for the manufacture of ...

Ivory doesn’t hold up as well against weathering as bone, making it a less suitable material for toolmaking, researchers said. It also breaks into smaller pieces, making it harder to use with any deal ...

In addition to the vendors and activities available, artisans will be present to demonstrate various skills including wire wrapping, silversmithing, flint knapping. The event will run until 6 p.m ...

Several events are taking place at The Ranch over the weekend, including a Trout Fishing Expo fundraiser held by Rocky ...

"Most of what they found is evidence of flint knapping," breaking flakes off a stone to create tools, he continued. "The first humans in the area resided here. Barton Creek and Barton Springs have ...

These were split and then modified using a similar knapping (i.e., chipping ... unlike most lithic materials used to make stone tools (e.g., chert, flint, obsidian), which often preserve ...

He got his PhD at the University of Arizona, where he embraced an emerging concept for analyzing stone tools, called experimental flintknapping ... here's all kinds of flint flakes.

Before hominins intentionally chipped stone to make tools, they likely used sharp rocks already shaped by natural forces.