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 ...

A decline in ancient megafauna in the Middle East coincided with a shift towards smaller, lighter toolkits in the ...

Scientists in China discovered that ancient humans were making surprisingly advanced stone tools during a harsh ice age ...

When people imagine the earliest human tools, they usually picture weapons. Stone handaxes, sharpened spears and heavy clubs ...

Dating rewrites history: Calcite crystals in animal bones revealed Lingjing tools were made 146,000 years ago during a glacial period, not a warm climate phase. Creativity in hardship: Homo juluensis ...

(CN) — Stone tools uncovered in central China suggest early humans there were far more inventive than scientists once believed, making complex tools tens of thousands of years earlier than expected.