A groundbreaking discovery on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi reveals that early hominins crossed treacherous seas over a ...

From the moment primitive humans picked up the first stone as a tool, humanity embarked on an evolutionary journey from ignorance to wisdom. The use of tools has extended the boundaries of human ...

Hundreds of stone tools discovered in Kenya have revealed that human relatives traveled long distances to find raw material.

Humans are fundamentally technological creatures. We depend on the manufacture and use of tools for our survival to a degree qualitatively greater than any other species. Therefore, an understanding ...

Stone tools discovered on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi are rewriting what experts thought they knew about human evolution in this region. The tools date to about 1 million to 1.5 million years ...

In addition to the ancient jawbone, scientists uncovered fossils from a sabre-toothed tiger, wolf, elephant and giraffe along with tools made of stone ...

Sharp stone technology chipped over three million years allowed early humans to exploit animal and plant food resources. But how did the production of stone tools -- called 'knapping' -- start?

This is really early in the archaeological record.

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than six miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ...

We humans are nothing if not inventive. Our innovations have come to underpin virtually every facet of daily life—from what we eat to how we communicate. This ingenuity is intrinsically linked to both ...