Archaeologists have found the oldest-known surviving examples of handheld wooden tools.

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 ...

Learn how two wooden tools discovered in Greece mark the earliest known evidence of humans shaping wood, moving the timeline ...

An archaeological discovery of two artifacts in southern Greece are the oldest known handheld wooden tools fashioned by early human ancestors.

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

Early humans and their ancestors did not always stand at the top of the food chain. Fossil evidence and environmental clues ...

Archaeologists have spent years wondering why the earliest human homes tend to be found in rough terrain, mountain valleys, ...

Repeated flower designs on ancient pottery hint that early village life relied on counting and shared ideas way before math ...

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

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