The researchers suggested that only after using naturally sharp stones for cutting did ancient humans faced selective pressure that led them to start knapping their own stone tools.

The spheres, made from volcanic basalt and lapilli, were discovered across eight archaeological sites in Melka Kunture, dated ...

Researchers say this new discovery in Spain could play a major role in understanding the history of humans in Europe ...

Olduvai Gorge is a Unesco World Heritage site. It became well known in 1959 through the pioneering work of palaeontologists Louis and Mary Leakey, whose discoveries of early human remains reshaped our ...

The newly discovered bone tools, which consist of 27 deliberately split and chipped large mammal long bones, were recovered ...

Mysterious Spanish rock carvings could rewrite human history in Europe - Carvings may predate oldest known cave art by ...

Recent research provides compelling evidence that Middle Paleolithic peoples created deliberate patterns on stone artifacts ...

The intricate cave system perched deep in an isolated stretch of Spanish mountains contained the remains of an ancient and ...

Analysis - Piecing together the story of Europe's earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils ...

teaching him how to make and use stone tools using techniques borrowed from early humans. Over time, Kanzi didn’t just copy their methods—he started developing his own way of flaking stones ...