A style of primitive stone tools named for the French site where they were first discovered have shown up half a world away.

Stone tool-making system found in Europe never before been found in East Asia (Ben Marwick et al., PNAS (2025) via phys.org) ...

Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago. A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and ...

Neanderthals could have migrated east and reached what’s now China, or a different species of ancient human possibly made stone tools uncannily similar to those being made in Europe during this ...

The mortar, pestle and cutting board in your kitchen are modern versions of manos and metates—ancient cooking implements ...

Researchers extract plant residues from ancient bedrock metates, revealing insights into early diets and traditional plant ...

WASHINGTON — Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million ... Gorge site pushes back the date for ancient bone tool use by around 1 million years.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million ... Gorge site pushes back the date for ancient bone tool use by around 1 million years.