Archaeologists analyzing ancient stone tools recovered from a tiny islet in Greece have found the earliest known evidence of hide-working from the Aegean Bronze Age, according to a new study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.
The research...
New dating evidence from a Croatian cave shows human activity in the region dates back at least 30,000 years earlier than scientists previously believed, placing early toolmakers on the Adriatic coast during the depths of the last ice age.
The...
New archaeological evidence shows that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens displayed strikingly similar behaviors while living in a cave located in what is now Turkey. according to a study published in the journal PNAS. The research was led by İsmail...
A set of ancient stone tools found in northern Spain is giving fresh weight to the idea that North Africa shaped early human technology in Europe far earlier than many researchers thought. The study centers on stone tools from...
Humans deliberately selected and quarried stone for tools as early as 220,000 years ago, far earlier than previously believed, according to new research. The study, led by researchers from the University of Tübingen, focuses on findings from the Jojosi...
A newly detailed archaeological record from the United Arab Emirates is reshaping what researchers know about early human settlement in Arabia, showing that people returned to the region again and again over tens of thousands of years, including as...
A newly published study reveals that early humans in Kenya’s Turkana Basin were crafting stone tools as far back as 2.75 million years ago, challenging long-held assumptions about the origins of technology in human history.
The tools, uncovered at the...
Archaeologists have uncovered solid evidence that early humans not only settled in Britain more than 700,000 years ago but also survived through one of the most severe Ice Age periods in northern Europe.
The discovery, made at Old Park in...
It was June 2023, when an archaeological find in the Peloponnese rewrote Greece's history in one of the most sensational discoveries of the decade.
Stone tools dating back to the Lower Palaeolithic period, estimated to be around 3.3 million to...
Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have uncovered ancient stone tools believed to be as much as 50,000 years old during a large-scale excavation in the town of Al Quraynah, located northwest of Riyadh.
The discovery, confirmed by the country’s Heritage Commission,...
