An assemblage of tools found in Tanzania that was fashioned about 1.5 million years ago from the limb bones of elephants and hippos reveals what scientists are calling a technological breakthrough for ...

New evidence uncovered in east Africa indicates ancient hominins began crafting tools from animal bones far earlier than ...

Fragments of the left side of the skull of a human relative have been discovered in Spain, revealing the face of the oldest ...

An archaeological discovery in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania has changed our understanding of the technological evolution of ...

The “-Tu” suffix is “in honor of the young elephant’s matrilineal ancestors: her mom, Rose-Tu and grandmother, Me-Tu,” the zoo said. Tula-Tu at the Oregon Zoo Attendance is up at the ...

The oldest human-crafted bone tools on record are 1.5 million years old, a finding that suggests our ancestors were much smarter than previously thought, a new study reports. The tools, made from ...

"The study indicates our ancestors used subtly different techniques ... All but one of the 27 tools were made from elephant or hippo bone. Hippos were common in the area but elephants were not ...

An assemblage of tools found in Tanzania that was fashioned about 1.5 million years ago from the limb bones of elephants and hippos reveals what scientists are calling a technological breakthrough ...