Far up in the Ethiopian highlands, the resounding strike of stone against stone was probably a familiar one two million years ago. Ancient hominids chipped away to create simple tools: hammerstones ...

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa. After archaeologists uncovered his fossilized bones in 1960, they used ...

A total of 27 bone tools found at Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge Technology breakthrough is earlier than previously thought Researchers suspect tool maker was species Homo erectus The 27 tools, discovered ...

Homo erectus was able to adapt to and survive in desert-like environments at least 1.2 million years ago, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & Environment. The findings suggest ...

Archaeologists determined that seven stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi date back to somewhere between 1.04–1.48 million years ago and belonged to an ancient human species yet to ...

Three of the stone tools from the Korolevo archaeological site (photos courtesy Roman Garba) A new study of ancient stone tools discovered in western Ukraine suggests they may be the oldest known ...

Homo erectus | Why Did the Most Successful Early Human Go Extinct? The Ancients host Tristan Hughes sits down with Professor ...

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