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

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

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

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

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

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

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

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

A rare fossil discovery in Ethiopia has pushed the known range of Paranthropus hundreds of miles farther north than ever before. The 2.6-million-year-old jaw suggests this ancient relative of humans ...

Humans are the only primates that run nearly naked under the sun. Here’s how this biological tradeoff reshaped how our ...

Stone tools from central China dated to 160,000 years ago show early hafting, planning and skill, reshaping views of East ...

An international research team has announced the most complete fossil yet of Homo habilis (aka 'the handy man') – one of the ...