Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: New research on a 14,000-year-old soil layer in Alaska uncovered stone and mammoth ivory tools. The find offers the oldest examples of human-made ...

Ancient whalebone tools discovered in caves around the Bay of Biscay have become the oldest known evidence of humans shaping ...

Archaeologists uncovered what they believe are the oldest wooden tools ever discovered, dating back hundreds of thousands of years, according to a new study. The tools were found in Greece's ...

Researchers believe they’ve found the earliest known use of hand-held wooden tools in human history. The team points to artifacts from Greece of crafted pieces of alder and either willow or poplar, ...

Re-examination of an Egyptian artifact discovered about 100 years ago led researchers to realize it is an ancient “bow drill.” The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical ...

Thousands of stone tools dating back as far as 385,000 years that have been uncovered in India suggest humans might have migrated from Africa much earlier than previously thought. Thousands of stone ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The research team examined the piece under magnification and concluded that it represents the earliest ...