Learn about a 500,000-year old hammer made from elephant bone, used by early humans in England to sharpen stone tools.
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Early humans relied on simple stone tools for 300,000 years in a changing east African landscape
Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.
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500,000-year-old elephant bone hammer discovered in England reveals early human tool skills
A roughly 500,000-year-old elephant bone hammer has been discovered in Boxgrove, England. This find ...
The Nyayanga excavation site in Kenya, in July 2025. Fossils and Oldowan tools have been excavated from the tan and reddish-brown sediments, which date to more than 2.6 million years old. T. W.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Early human ancestors during the Old Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously known, according to research published Friday. Not only did ...
Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than six miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ...
A trove of rare 300,000-year-old wooden tools unearthed in south-west China reveals that early humans in the region may have relied heavily on underground plants like roots and tubers for sustenance.
Early humans were not just scavengers. New research shows they actively butchered elephants, transforming survival and social ...
This photo provided by the Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropology Project in August 2025, shows Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than 6 miles away from where they were ...
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