Scientists have discovered the oldest evidence of humans crafting tools from whale bones, dating back roughly 20,000 years. The bones, shaped into narrow projectiles for hunting, were found during ...

In a nutshell Archaeologists discovered 27 bone tools dating back 1.5 million years at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, pushing back the timeline of systematic bone tool production by over a million years.

The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy sparked a revolution in scientists’ understanding of the origins of clever hands and stone tools ...

Newly published research—“Humanlike manual activities in Australopithecus” (Journal of Human Evolution, Volume 196, November 2024)—indicates that the manufacture and use of tools occurred ...

WASHINGTON — Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago. A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and sharpened bones from elephants and hippos found ...

Scientists think that ancient humans were crafting whale bone instruments in places including the Arctic and South Pacific.There’s been solid evidence of whale bone tools dating back to about ...