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

Archaeologists have found the oldest known evidence of hafted tools in East Asia, and they challenge a previously held ...

Researchers identified early handled tools that archeologists previously thought were not created in East Asia until ...

A newly excavated archaeological site in central China is reshaping long-held assumptions about early hominin behavior in ...

Learn how archaeologists dated stone tools from central China and what they reveal about when early humans in Asia began using complex tools.

Ancient tools from central China are flipping the script, revealing early humans were far more innovative than history once gave them credit for.

Learn about a 500,000-year old hammer made from elephant bone, used by early humans in England to sharpen stone tools.

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

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