A simple stick, shaped by ancient hands roughly 430,000 years ago, is rewriting what researchers thought they knew about ...

Archaeologists uncovered 70,000-year-old handle implements in China, reshaping views of early human technology and innovation in East Asia.

Finds from Greece and Britain suggest early hominins were shaping wood and bone with far more intention and ingenuity than ...

Stone tools from central China dated to 160,000 years ago show early hafting, planning and skill, reshaping views of East ...

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...

Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England ...

The world's oldest wooden tools – likely dating back 430,000 years and possibly used by Neanderthals or early human ancestors ...

Used by our early human ancestors around 430,000 years ago, the earliest known hand-held wooden tools have been uncovered by ...