These weren’t clumsy rocks - they were precision tools of survival and slaughter. Stone Age weapons were savage by design, ...

Archaeologist Laura Dietrich studies a replica Stone Age axe in Germany. While not from the Latvian site, such replicas reveal how ancient tools were used. Some 6,000 years ago in the northern reaches ...

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 ...

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The Quina technology discovered in East Asia was a set of stone tools for making other tools. Prehistoric sites in Europe that host similar tools are associated with Neanderthals. Ben Marwick During ...

Professor, Environmental Futures Research Centre, School of Science, University of Wollongong The excavation, curation, and research of the Gantangqing site were supported by National Cultural ...

There are few things more irritating in everyday life than getting something stuck between your teeth. Thankfully, we can reach for a toothpick – and it seems our ancient ancestors did the same. In ...

A famous 15th-century painting was hiding a prehistoric secret in plain sight, researchers from Dartmouth University and the University of Cambridge have recently discovered. Their study revealed that ...

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