Archaeologists have uncovered a collection of bone tools in northern Tanzania that were shaped by ancient human ancestors 1.5 million years ago, making them the oldest known bone tools by about 1 ...

The find resets the timeline of when human beings began using ivory. A recent archaeological discovery in Ukraine has rewritten the timeline for when human beings began using ivory to construct tools ...

Archaeologists have, for the first time, identified what appear to be tools used by the ancient Maya for tattooing, according to a report in Nature. The discovery includes a pair of chert points found ...

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(CNN) — Stone tools unearthed in southwest China helped a mysterious group eke out a living in a cold and harsh environment 60,000 to 50,000 years ago. But whose hands shaped them? The answer could ...

Archaeologists find evidence of the first culture in China to carve human skulls and bones into tools roughly 5,000 years ago ...

While the scientific fields of planetary geology and archaeology don’t initially seem like a natural pairing, their unique methodological and technological overlap provides scientists with a better ...

Archaeologists in Łysa Góra, Mazovia, Poland found rare Celtic iron trepanation tool, indicating medical specialists traveled with Celtic groups on trade routes.

Such tools older than 50,000 years are exceedingly rare in the region. A joint team of archaeologists, chronologists, geologists, and paleontologists have successfully dated a hoard of wooden tools ...

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