The findings reveal that humans were using sophisticated hunting tools thousands of years before previously thought ...

The ability of the early toolmakers to select high-quality stone, produce sharp flakes, and return to familiar raw-material sources suggests a deep understanding of their landscapes. It allowed early ...

Study finds plant poison was used on ancient arrows, pointing to sophisticated hunting methods used 60,000 years ago ...

60,000-year-old traces of arrow poison on quartz arrowheads have been found at the Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter in KwaZulu-Natal, ...

Remains found at the Nesher Ramla settlement in Israel reveal that archaic humans hunted wild cattle 120,000 years ago.

For decades, textbooks painted a dramatic picture of early humans as tool-using hunters who rose quickly to the top of the food chain. The tale was that Homo habilis, one of the earliest ...

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than six miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ...