Ancient humans living in what is now Ukraine 400,000 years ago may have practised or taught tool-making techniques using ...

Mysterious Spanish rock carvings could rewrite human history in Europe - Carvings may predate oldest known cave art by ...

The spheres, made from volcanic basalt and lapilli, were discovered across eight archaeological sites in Melka Kunture, dated ...

Before hominins intentionally chipped stone to make tools, they likely used sharp rocks already shaped by natural forces.

Sharp stone technology chipped over three million years allowed early humans to exploit animal and plant food resources. But how did the production of stone tools -- called 'knapping' -- start?

Archaeologists in Spain have discovered what might be the oldest known rock cravings made by humans over 200,000 years ago. The latest uncovering could transform entire understanding of human ...

The mystery of a pyramid structure that was found under the sea off the coast of the Azores Islands in 2013 is still puzzling ...

Six million years ago, our apelike ancestors probably smashed nuts with rocks or caught termites ... “We may be missing a whole world of tools made by early humans,” he said.

The new hypothesis proposes that, for a considerable period before early humans made their own stone tools, they initially used and relied on naturally sharp rocks produced by geological processes ...

Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered what could be the oldest known rock carvings made by humans likely over 200,000 years old – a find that could transform our understanding of human presence ...