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

The researchers suggested that only after using naturally sharp stones for cutting did ancient humans faced selective ...

Researchers found European-style Quina tools in China, dating back 55,000 years, challenging the view that East Asia’s Middle ...

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?

The bone tools were created the same way tools were made from stone.

Analysis - The ancestors of humans started making tools about 3.3 million years ago. First they made them out of stone, then ...

A cache of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools uncovered in Tanzania suggest ancient human ancestors were capable of critical thinking and advanced craftsmanship.

The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short ...

New evidence uncovered in east Africa indicates ancient hominins began crafting tools from animal bones far earlier than previously thought. If confirmed, our human ancestors started shaping bones by ...

Not knowing exactly when regular meat consumption became part of our ancestors’ diets is a gap in our understanding of human ...

"It is quite astonishing… natural knives were likely readily available to our hominin ancestors." And Finestone's field research in Kenya shows that early hominin food processing sites often ...