Oldowan tools are some of the oldest known in the archaeological record; made of conveniently shaped rocks or crafted from knapped stones, these tools made it possible for hominin species to survive ...

Tools recovered from three sedimentary layers in Kenya show continuous tool use spanning from 2.75 to 2.44 million years ago in the face of environmental changes.

Professor Amelia Villaseñor and her team uncovered 2.75 million-year-old stone tools in Kenya, showcasing long-term cultural ...

Researchers say that capuchin monkeys made ancient stone tools discovered in Brazil. Previously academics believed that they were evidence of early human habitation. Capuchin monkeys are capable of ...

VILLUPURAM: Stone axe tools believed to be from the Neolithic period, dating back about 5,000 years, have been discovered in Veedur village in Villupuram. The discovery was made by Aranga Mayakrishnan ...

This stone tool found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, along with six others, suggest hominins were present on the island and making tools far earlier than thought. M. W. Moore, Screenshot via ...

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Evidence suggests the tools were used by the human relative Paranthropus, which scientists previously believed relied only on its teeth and jaws to eat. Scientists have unearthed more than 300 stone ...

A toolkit used by human ancestors discovered by researchers along the shores of Kenya’s Lake Victoria could be the oldest ever found, according to a study published Thursday in Science, leading ...

Stone tools in Ukraine dated to 1.4 million years ago may be the earliest solid evidence of humans in Europe, a new study reveals. The makers of these tools likely weren't Homo sapiens but a close, ...

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