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 ...

The stone tools were found at the Lingjing archaeological site in central China. An early human species called Homo juluensis ...

Researchers believe they’ve found the earliest known use of hand-held wooden tools in human history. The team points to artifacts from Greece of crafted pieces of alder and either willow or poplar, ...

Archaeologists in central China have uncovered sophisticated 146,000-year-old stone tools made by the extinct human species Homo juluensis during a harsh ice age. The find challenges long-held ...