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

Thousands of artifacts reveal how ancient South Chinese cultures used small stone tools to endure harsh climates and changing ...

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Learn more about the differences between Lebanese and Italian tools, which contradict the theory that modern human migrations spread a single stone tool culture from the Near East to Europe.

The Quina technology discovered in East Asia was a set of stone tools for making other tools. Prehistoric sites in Europe that host similar tools are associated with Neanderthals. Ben Marwick During ...

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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.

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, ...

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — Early human ancestors during the Old Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously known, according to research published Friday. Not only did ...