Why 430,000-year-old wooden tools are changing what we know about early humans

Finds from Greece and Britain suggest early hominins were shaping wood and bone with far more intention and ingenuity than ...

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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The bright side: Researchers glimpse early signs of human technology with oldest wooden tools

The world's oldest wooden tools – likely dating back 430,000 years and possibly used by Neanderthals or early human ancestors ...
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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 ...
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Fire-making materials at 400,000-year-old site are the oldest evidence of humans making fire

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...