When researchers first started to look at animal bones from Contrebandiers Cave, Morocco, they wanted to learn about the diet and environment of early human ancestors who lived there between 120,000 ...

Recent excavations at the Shimao site in Shaanxi, China, have revealed one of the earliest and, so far, largest bone needle workshops ever discovered. The research published in the Journal of ...

Ancient Egyptian guards may have used a tiny cow bone with a hole drilled into it to keep royal tomb workers in order. The strange artifact was discovered in the Akhetaten Stone Village, a workers' ...

Bone arrow points from prehistoric Argentina are offering a rare window into how ancient communities organized work, shared knowledge, and managed resources. Far from being improvised tools, these ...