A pilot project to scan the surface material of an Iraqi desert revealed 850 different artifacts from the Old and Middle ...

Interestingly, all the artifacts were found on the surface of the ground, not buried deep in the soil. These artifacts ...

Studies of the Oldowan stone tools – the oldest known stone tool ... At present, we do not know how our ancient ancestors identified these properties and therefore made their selections.

SCIENTISTS have finally cracked the ancient mystery of 1,400-year-old “alien rings” rising from the hills which were fuelling a tirade of conspiracy theories. Locals had been puzzled ...

Located in Jinan, East China's Shandong Province, the archaeological site known as the Tianzhuang Ruins has recently ...

dubbed the world's "factory of stone tools".This title stems from the large concentration of ancient tools, specifically hand axes, unearthed at the site, which date back millions of years.

Found in their thousands at Oldupai Gorge, stone tools tell us about how our early ancestors hunted and worked, while the remains of animal bones provide evidence of which animals were killed and how ...

Why study Paleolithic technology? What can old stone tools, ancient fire pits, and painted cave walls tell us about our evolutionary past? Humans occupy a rarified position in the modern world.

New research into ancient stone tools suggests literary culture may have spread in Japan hundreds of years earlier than previously thought. Many ancient stone pieces previously believed to be ...