Used by our early human ancestors around 430,000 years ago, the earliest known hand-held wooden tools have been uncovered by ...
Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material could be ...
Archaeologists in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans were far more inventive than long assumed. Excavations at the Xigou site reveal advanced stone tools, including the earliest ...
Ancient tools from China show early humans made complex, hafted technologies 160,000 years ago, reshaping views of innovation ...
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.