Ancient Roman site reveals early humans butchered straight-tusked elephant and crafted bone tools

Volcanic ash deposits above and below the bones at Casal Lumbroso date the carcass to around 404,000 years ago, during a warm ...
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To craft early tools, ancient human relatives transported stones over long distances 600,000 years earlier than previously thought

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than 6 miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. The development of the Oldowan toolkit made it possible for ...

Innovation in stone tool manufacture occurred independently in Europe and the Near East, says study

An analysis of stone tools found in Italy and Lebanon indicates that around 42,000 years ago, modern humans in Europe and the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

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.
Ars Technica

These scientists built their own Stone Age tools to figure out how they were used

When Japanese scientists wanted to learn more about how ground stone tools dating back to the Early Upper Paleolithic might have been used, they decided to build their own replicas of adzes, axes, and ...

This overlooked human ancestor wielded tools with a gorilla-like grip

“The hand shows it could form precision grips similar to ours, while also retaining powerful grasping capabilities more like ...
CNN

Archaeologists uncovered a cache of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools. They’re trying to determine who made them

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Archaeologists have ...
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Ancient stone tools found in Ukraine may have been used by early humans over 1 million years ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient stone tools found in western Ukraine may be the oldest known evidence of early human presence in Europe, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The ...

Extinct human relative was capable of making and using tools, study shows

For more than half a century, scientists have debated whether Paranthropus boisei, an extinct human relative known for its ...

First known hand fossils of extinct human relative reveal ‘surprising’ features

Hand fossils unearthed in Kenya reveal that an extinct human relative called Paranthropus boisei had unexpected dexterity and ...

Early humans butchered elephants using small tools then made big tools from their bones, research finds

During warmer periods of the Middle Pleistocene, ancient humans in Italy were in the habit of butchering elephants for meat ...
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To Craft Early Tools, Ancient Human Relatives Transported Stones Over Long Distances 600,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

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, ...