The discovery of 1.5-million-year-old bone tools in Tanzania suggests early human ancestors had advanced cognitive abilities ...

Early stone toolmaking marks an important juncture in evolution. The Oldowan stone tools from Hadar, Ethiopia, are among the oldest known, dating back 2.3 million years. Shown from various angles ...

It is now clear that tools antedate man, and that their use by prehuman primates gave rise to Homo sapiens Presenting a series of articles on the human species, with special reference to its origins.

"Technological innovations were crucial for human evolution," says Karakostis. "We are interested in what cognitive developments were necessary for the use of relatively simple stone tools—and ...

A multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Dr. Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, Research Affiliate at the School of ...

Aside from fossilised bones, it has yielded the most detailed record of stone tool cultures in the world. It has documented the evolution from the simple chopping tools and stone knives of the Oldowan ...

New research from Oxford University has revealed chimpanzee "engineering" capabilities that aid them in retrieving insects as food sources.

The newly discovered bone tools, which consist of 27 deliberately split and chipped large mammal long bones, were recovered ...

These dates are only approximate, as the tools have been dated from the environments they were found in. This is often the layers of sediment surround the tool. Dating can be done by radiocarbon ...