Stone tools are considered the first form of technology devised by ancient humans – but they might not have been invented ...

Researchers extract plant residues from ancient bedrock metates, revealing insights into early diets and traditional plant ...

The mortar, pestle and cutting board in your kitchen are modern versions of manos and metates—ancient cooking implements ...

Researchers found that our ancestors used various stone tools to grind and pulp food to extract starch for consumption.

A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres ...

Recent research provides compelling evidence that Middle Paleolithic peoples created deliberate patterns on stone artifacts ...

DNA recovered from archaeological remains of ancient humans who lived in what is now Tunisia and northeastern Algeria reveals ...

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of at least five woolly mammoths at a site in Austria. The remains suggest that ...

Throughout history, cultures have left behind a trail of breadcrumbs for archaeologists to follow. New sites and artifacts ...

New discoveries made in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania by an international team led by Ignacio de la Torre, CSIC-Spanish National Research Council, push back the archaeological record of bone-tool ...

Archaeologists in the Judean Desert have unearthed a “mysterious pyramid-shaped structure” dating back 2,200 years. The ...