A new study shows that early humans shifted from hunting giants to smaller animals, shaping tools, survival, and intelligence ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The ...
A new site in one of the most important basins for humanity’s evolution has provided evidence of occupation over an unprecedented period. Across 300,000 years, the toolmakers maintained a similar ...
Early humans were quarrying stone as far back as 220,000 years ago, revealing surprisingly advanced planning and resource use.
Ailsa Chang speaks with David Braun, an archeologist, about his team's discovery of a site in Kenya that suggests human ancestors built tools continuously much earlier than previously thought. So when ...
A decline in ancient megafauna in the Middle East coincided with a shift towards smaller, lighter toolkits in the ...
Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material could be ...