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Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged by the discovery of a richly-layered archaeological ...

Archaeologists have found the oldest known evidence of hafted tools in East Asia, and they challenge a previously held ...

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Early humans in England used elephant bone to sharpen stone tools, revealing advanced planning, material knowledge, and ...

While early human ancestors started making stone tools at least 2.6 million years ago, bone tools took much longer to appear. The earliest signs of a regular use of bone tools hadn’t shown up in the ...

This photo provided by the Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropology Project in August 2025, shows Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than 6 miles away from where they were ...

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, ...

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WASHINGTON – Early human ancestors during the Old Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously known, according to research published Friday. Not only did these ...