Katerina Harvati, researcher, on incredible 400,000-year-old discovery: “little known aspect of the technology of early humans”

An archaeological discovery of two artifacts in southern Greece are the oldest known handheld wooden tools fashioned by early human ancestors.

Discovery of complex pre-historic tools in China suggests our ancestors were far more advanced than thought

"Researchers have argued for decades that while hominins in Africa and western Europe demonstrated significant technological ...
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500,000-year-old elephant bone tool reveals advanced planning and skill in early human ancestors

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

Early humans relied on simple stone tools for 300,000 years in a changing east African landscape

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.
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480,000-year-old ax sharpener is the oldest known elephant bone tool ever discovered in Europe

The "very rare" find provides an extraordinary glimpse into the ingenuity of early human relatives who lived around half a ...
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Early Humans Moved Stones Long Distances to Make Tools 600,000 Years Earlier Than Thought

The Nyayanga excavation site in Kenya, in July 2025. Fossils and Oldowan tools have been excavated from the tan and reddish-brown sediments, which date to more than 2.6 million years old. T. W.