Searching for the earliest tools
Stone tools were crucial for our ancestors' evolution and survival. When did tool innovation begin? And who were the first toolmakers?
1.5 million-year-old bone tools discovered in Tanzania shed new light on human evolution
Researchers have discovered 1.5 million-year-old tools made from the bones of large animals such as hippos and elephants.
Stone tools reveal human adaptability
Stone tools in El Aliya Cave in Morocco provide evidence that ancient hunter-gatherers in North Africa had flexible subsistence strategies.
Stone tool discovery in China shows people in East Asia were innovating during the Middle Paleolithic
Researchers in China find the first complete example of stone tool technology previously seen only in Europe and the Middle East.
Found in a cave in Indonesia, we can now show the world’s oldest figurative art is 51,200 years old
Researchers find the world's oldest figurative art in a cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Using a novel dating technique, they dated the painting to 51,200 years old.