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Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than six miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ...

A study has revealed new insights into Stone Age life and death, showing that stone tools were just as likely to be buried with women and children as with men. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

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Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis by linguist Christian Bentz at Saarland University and archaeologist Ewa ...

Sharp stone technology chipped over three million years allowed early humans to exploit animal and plant food resources. But how did the production of stone tools -- called 'knapping' -- start?

A new analysis of crystals that formed inside one of the bones shows that the site dates back to an ice age 146,000 years ago ...