Bone tools have been created by hominins for millions of years, with the earliest evidence for the manufacture of ...

Before hominins intentionally chipped stone to make tools, they likely used sharp rocks already shaped by natural forces.

It’s much easier to come up with a world-changing invention if there are examples of it lying around without you having to ...

Sharp stone technology chipped over three million years allowed early humans to exploit animal and plant food resources. But how did the production of stone tools -- called 'knapping' -- start?

But how did the production of stone tools—called "knapping"—start? "I don't think it was a 'Eureka!' moment whereby hominins first made a sharp stone flake by intention or by accident and then ...

Archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest known bone tools—dated to 1.5 million years ago—at Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge ...