We humans are nothing if not inventive. Our innovations have come to underpin virtually every facet of daily life—from what we eat to how we communicate. This ingenuity is intrinsically linked to both ...

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, ...

Miniaturized stone tools have long been recognized as hallmarks of human adaptation, but their role in South China has remained scarcely investigated.

Chimpanzees perched in the lush forests of West Africa, cracking nuts with carefully selected stones, might not just be feeding themselves—they may also be revealing secrets about our ancient ...

Archaeologists in China have found stone technology previously thought to have been used by Neanderthals in Europe, challenging our understanding of human evolution in East Asia. The Quina method of ...

For more than 50 years, since the discovery of the skull of Paranthropus boisei, an extinct human relative known for its extremely powerful jaws and massive teeth, ...

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The new work suggests that scavenging persisted among humans long after hunting emerged. So while it has long been argued ...

Lead exposure may have spelled evolutionary success for humans—and extinction for our ancient cousins—but other scientists are casting doubt on the headline-making study Birds Make an Alarm Call That ...

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