Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. several stone tools uncovered in a cave (CREDIT: Sara Watson.) A team of archeologists in South Africa had to climb to new heights ...

The discovery drastically recontextualizes the region’s archaeological history. Archaeologists determined that seven stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi date back to somewhere ...

At a site in Kenya, archaeologists recently unearthed layer upon layer of stone stools from deposits that span 300,000 years, and include a period of intense environmental upheaval. The oldest tools ...

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Man's ancestors transported stones over long distances to craft tools 2.6 million years ago - 600,000 years earlier than previously thought. Stone tools unearthed in Kenya reveal that hominins ...

In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ancient humans wielded an array of stone tools—known collectively as the Oldowan toolkit—to pound plant material and carve up large prey such as ...

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The researchers say that finding the right rocks was vital as Oldowan tools needed to be fashioned from stones that were strong yet brittle enough to easily flake. But the local rocks at Nyayanga are ...