Learn how archaeologists dated stone tools from central China and what they reveal about when early humans in Asia began ...

Captive orangutans can use stone tools without minimal direction from humans, researchers reported today. Besides an affirmation of orangutan intelligence, the finding has implications for ...

A newly excavated archaeological site in central China is reshaping long-held assumptions about early hominin behavior in ...

When Japanese scientists wanted to learn more about how ground stone tools dating back to the Early Upper Paleolithic might have been used, they decided to build their own replicas of adzes, axes, and ...

Early humans in England used elephant bone to sharpen stone tools, revealing advanced planning, material knowledge, and ...

At a site in Kenya, archaeologists recently unearthed layer upon layer of stone stools from deposits that span 300,000 years, and include a period of intense environmental upheaval. The oldest tools ...

QUANZHOU, FUJIAN, CHINA, January 16, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In the rapidly advancing world of industrial machinery, ...

Have you ever wondered how you might survive out in the wild with absolutely nothing and everything you needed had to be either gathered, hunted, or handcrafted? How would you make the necessary tools ...

Early Stone Age populations living between 1.8-1.2 million years ago engineered their stone tools in complex ways to make optimized cutting tools. Early Stone Age populations living between 1.8 -- 1.2 ...

The wild-bearded capuchin monkeys of Brazil's Serra da Capivara National Park like to smash rocks. Frequently, these primates will grab a rounded “hammer stone,” or quartzite cobble, and bash it ...