Research suggests that Paleolithic humans in the Middle East selected flint for their cutting tools based on differences in the mechanical properties of the rock. They seem to have purposefully ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The artifacts found at Longtan, southwest China, were as old as 60,000 years. Qijun Ruan New technologies today often involve ...

A study reveals that the technological transition 200,000 years ago in the Near East was linked to the scarcity of megaherbivores such as elephants and rhinoceroses Approximately 300,000 years ago, ...

"Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East: A Guide surveys the lithic record for the East Mediterranean Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, and adjacent territories) from the ...

A new study shows that early humans shifted from hunting giants to smaller animals, shaping tools, survival, and intelligence.

Hyderabad: Lower Palaeolithic stone tools have been identified on the banks of a water channel along the Manchirevula forest track in Gandipet mandal of Ranga Reddy district, adding to the growing ...

A research group led by the Nagoya University Museum and Graduate School of Environmental Studies in Japan has clarified differences in the physical characteristics of rocks used by early humans ...

New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before. During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans’ neighbors, new technologies meant ...