The ability of the early toolmakers to select high-quality stone, produce sharp flakes, and return to familiar raw-material sources suggests a deep understanding of their landscapes. It allowed early ...

Whale bones retrieved from prehistoric shores are shedding light on how humans lived—and hunted—along Europe's vanished coastlines. Reading time 2 minutes Perhaps the greatest challenge to studying ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Early human ancestors during the Old Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously known, according to research published Friday. Not only did ...

A research team at the British Museum, led by Nick Ashton and Rob Davis, reports evidence that ancient humans could make and ...

Four hundred thousand years ago, near a water hole on grasslands bordering a forest in what is now southern England, a group of Neandertals struck chunks of iron pyrite against flint to create sparks, ...

This photo provided by the Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropology Project in August 2025, shows Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than 6 miles away from where they were ...