In a new study, my colleagues and I analysed stone tools from the cave that date to about 19,000 to 18,000 years ago, and discussed how the techniques used to make them hint at the ways that ...

REISTERSTOWN, Md. — Near a churchyard in Reisterstown, a road project revealed tools made out of chalcedony. It's a special stone favored by ancient people to make tools like stone points and scrapers ...

With a little guidance and a lot of practice, even you can make stone tools the way our oldest ancestors did – and learn to recognize the signs of a deliberately made tool.

LONGTAN, CHINA—CNN reports that stone tools synonymous with Neanderthals were discovered at the Longtan site in southwest China's Yunnan Province—but no Neanderthal is thought to have ever ...

Credit: 10.1111/arcm.13075 The new hypothesis proposes that for a substantial amount of time before early humans made their own stone tools they first used and relied on naturally sharp rocks produced ...

The Quina technology discovered in East Asia was a set of stone tools for making other tools. Prehistoric sites in Europe that host similar tools are associated with Neanderthals. Ben Marwick ...

Stone tools unearthed in southwest China helped a mysterious group eke out a living in a cold and harsh environment 60,000 to 50,000 years ago. But whose hands shaped them? The answer could shake ...

Archaeologists in China’s Yunnan province unearthed stone tools crafted in a style associated with Neanderthals that hasn’t previously been found in East Asia, study says.

A stone confirmed earlier human presence in Europe than previously believed. Credit: Roman Garba / Nature A recent study reveals that stone tools discovered at an ancient site in Ukraine are ...

Experts revealed Neanderthals used glue to make stone tools. Credit: Science Advances / CC BY 4.0 Around 40,000 years ago, Neanderthals living in what we now call France crafted tool handles using a ...

A study has explored the techniques used by chimpanzees to select stone tools for cracking nuts, revealing possible similarities to methods employed by ancient human ancestors. Researchers observed ...

In this real-life Minecraft experiment, I attempt to build functional Minecraft-style stone tools! Inspired by the iconic stone axe, pickaxe, and shovel, I set out to create tools with that blocky ...