Used by our early human ancestors around 430,000 years ago, the earliest known hand-held wooden tools have been uncovered by ...

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.

Early humans were not just scavengers. New research shows they actively butchered elephants, transforming survival and social ...

Archaeologists working in southern Greece have identified wooden tools that appear to be the oldest of their kind ever found.

A groundbreaking study published in The Anatomical has challenged previous assumptions about human evolution.

The earliest hominins in Europe shared their environment with large mammals and elephants were some of the largest animals ...

Finds from Greece and Britain suggest early hominins were shaping wood and bone with far more intention and ingenuity than ...

A single ancient jawbone is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about humanity’s forgotten relatives.

One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now northern Italy. Soon after, some scavengers arrived to dine on this huge ...

Researchers say tools from the Xigou site reveal unexpected innovation, including early composite implements dating back up ...