Tools

Discoveries 500,000-year-old elephant bone tool reveals advanced planning and skill in early human ancestors

A rare elephant bone tool from southern England shows that early humans carefully shaped and reused materials nearly half a million years ago.

Discoveries Million-year-old sea crossing near ‘Hobbit’s’ island rewrites early human history Joseph Shavit

Discoveries Early humans started to produce standardized bone tools 1.5 million years ago

Discoveries Archeologists discover the first stone toolmakers from 2.9 million years ago

Discoveries Prehistoric “Swiss Army knife” shows how early humans communicated

Discoveries Earliest bone tools to produce clothing found in Morocco — 120,000 years old