Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago. A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and ...

Sometimes, humans invent a technology that changes the game. From ancient hand axes to gunpowder, here are 6 weapons that changed the course of human history.

Among the most ancient artifacts uncovered were hand axes estimated to be approximately 1.5 million years old. The discoveries were focused on the Al-Shabakah area, which was once a large lake ...

Sławomir Brzozowski was weeding his raspberry patch in Potok Górny, Poland when he came across an unusual rock. Smooth and shaped like a wedge that narrowed into a blade, the rock looked as though it ...

that first cut stones into hand axes, also called bifaces. This invention represented a major advance, making it possible for ancient humans to properly slice or skin their prey. "The hypothesis ...

The new discovery, published Wednesday in Nature, reveals that ancient humans “had rather ... The bone tools were “probably used as a hand axe” – a handheld blade that’s not mounted ...