A trove of rare 300,000-year-old wooden tools unearthed in south-west China reveals that early humans in the region may have relied heavily on underground plants like roots and tubers for sustenance.

Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000 years old, new dating has shown. Discovered during excavations carried out in 2014–15 and 2018–19, ...

Archaeologists in Stepping excavated an abandoned Iron Age village and unearthed several loom weights used in weaving, a museum said. Photo from the South Jutland Archaeological Museum Sifting through ...

Asia's Gift to Global Kitchens A spider (simplified Chinese: 笊篱; traditional Chinese: 笊籬; pinyin: zhàolí) is a type of ...

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 ...

You know the usual suspects: blade, can opener, tiny scissors. But the real fun of a Swiss Army Knife? It's all the unexpected stuff packed in between. For over 140 years, its engineers have been ...