A 1.4-million-year-old handaxe made from hippopotamus bone expands the known technological repertoire of early human ancestors, according to a study. During the Pleistocene, Homo species developed ...

Even our earliest human ancestors made and used technology — something we can look back on thanks to the lasting nature of stone tools. An exceptionally high density of giant hand axes dated to ...

Our human ancestors may have been sophisticated tool users 1.76 million years ago. Newly discovered hand axes from that period are the oldest examples of the complex Acheulean culture, 350,000 years ...

A team of paleontologist recently discovered a set of stone axes that are believed to be the oldest complex tools ever found. At 1.76 million years old, they are some of the oldest examples of ...

Far up in the Ethiopian highlands, the resounding strike of stone against stone was probably a familiar one two million years ago. Ancient hominids chipped away to create simple tools: hammerstones ...

Early human ancestors used advanced techniques to craft a handaxe from the femur of a hippopotamus 1.4 million years ago, according to a new study. Early human ancestors used advanced techniques to ...

Beginning more than 1.5 million years ago, early humans made stone handaxes in a style known as the Acheulean - the longest lasting tool-making tradition in prehistory. New research led by the Max ...

A palm-sized fragment of elephant bone, shaped and used as a precision tool almost half a million years ago, has been identified as the oldest known elephant-bone implement in Europe. Although the ...

Beginning more than 1.5 million years ago, early humans made stone handaxes in a style known as the Acheulean - the longest lasting tool-making tradition in prehistory. New research has documented an ...