During the Middle Paleolithic—a period spanning about 40,000 to 300,000 years ago, also called the Middle Stone Age—groups ...

Future analyses, particularly studies of wear marks on the tools, could provide additional clues about their use and manufacture. This information is crucial for reconstructing the lifestyle of ...

The oldest collection of mass-produced prehistoric bone tools reveal ... Though it's unclear precisely what the tools were used for, because of their overall shape, size and sharp edges, it's ...

Along the way, they left behind some of the oldest tools ever found in the region, offering new clues about their prehistoric journey. A team of international researchers excavating the Jebel Faya ...

Those layers contain simple stone tools that marked one of the earliest recorded technological transitions. Now, researchers have uncovered a substantial cache of prehistoric bone tools in the ...

A team of Indian and French archaeologists has used two dating methods to show that ... have found 3,528 artefacts that are similar to the prehistoric tools discovered in western Asia and Africa.