A groundbreaking discovery reveals that early humans, possibly Neanderthals, were using tools to create fire more than ...

In 2004, archaeologists discovered a new species of ancient human, Homo floresiensis, on the Indonesian island of Flores. Nicknamed “the hobbit,” this three-foot-tall hominin lived between about ...

The presence of pyrite was an unmistakable sign. Striking flint against pyrite nodules creates sparks, and which can be used to start fire. This pushes back the earliest known controlled use of fire ...

Archaeologists have discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making.

Archaeologists found flint, iron pyrite to strike it and sediments where a fire was probably built several times at an ...

Archaeologists have found the earliest evidence yet of fire technology — and it was created by Neanderthals in England more ...

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 2023, archaeologists announced the discovery of arrowheads in a grotto in southern France dated to 54,000 years ago, and ...

Take batteries out of electric garden tools before storing them for winter. This prevents damage and helps batteries last ...

The Carmelite Brothers of Wyoming are building their own gothic monastery. To do so, they learn to use tools such as CAD, CAM ...

GW researchers uncovered newly documented African stone tools that showcase evidence that early humans passed down tool-making techniques starting approximately 2.75 million years ago in a study ...

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 ...