In the northern hemisphere, ice sheets up to 8 kilometers tall covered much of Europe, Asia and North America, while much of the southern hemisphere became drier as water was draw ...

Some of the earliest tools discovered date back 3.3 million years (before us, in other words), and they were very basic stone implements. What Was the First Weapon Ever Made? Likewise, the earliest ...

Ryan Gill uses wood and stone to craft his own bows, arrows, spears, and knives. Then he puts them to use in the field. Print Subscription-$35 for the Best Field & Stream Stories · Subscribe Today ...

Archaeologists have discovered distinctive stone tools at a site in southwestern Kenya that may be up to three million years old, making them the oldest of their kind.. Even more surprising, the ...

A team of archeologists in South Africa had to climb to new heights to find an important set of tools made by humans about 20,000 years ago. These newly discovered stone tools were embedded in a ...

An international research team has published a new study on one of the oldest known sites for the processing of animal meat by humans in the southern Balkans. At Marathousa 1, an archaeological site ...

Humans, uniquely, are dependent on tools — including stone tools — for survival but the origins of this reliance on technology is shrouded in mystery. A new discovery of such tools has shown ...

The prehistoric inhabitants of the Philippines were able to make ropes and baskets from plant fibres almost 40,000 years ago, according to an analysis of stone tools.

Hungry Monkeys Could Be Making Stone Tools Stone tools, a cornerstone of archaeology, can tell us a wealth of information about ancient people and their relative intelligence. Turns out, that's not ...

Injuries from making stone tools could have resulted in loss of life and limb for ancient humans. Kent State University/American Antiquity/Michelle Bebber.

When monkeys in Thailand use stones as hammers and anvils to help them crack open nuts, they often accidentally create sharp flakes of rock that look like the stone cutting tools made by early humans.

Humans, uniquely, are dependent on tools — including stone tools — for survival but the origins of this reliance on technology is shrouded in mystery. A new discovery of such tools has shown ...