Early humans were quarrying stone as far back as 220,000 years ago, revealing surprisingly advanced planning and resource use.

A new study shows that early humans shifted from hunting giants to smaller animals, shaping tools, survival, and intelligence ...

For more than 1 million years, early humans in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean used a range of heavy tools, ...

Based on this, researchers suggest that early homo sapiens planned for the long-term acquisition of resources earlier than ...

A decline in ancient megafauna in the Middle East coincided with a shift towards smaller, lighter toolkits in the ...

As long as 220,000 years ago—far earlier than previously thought—people quarried rocks for their tools in places they ...

Early humans were quarrying stone in southern Africa over 200,000 years ago, reveals new research. People quarried rocks for ...

A new study reveals early humans deliberately quarried stone for tools 220,000 years ago, showing advanced planning far ...

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One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now northern Italy. Soon after, some scavengers arrived to dine on this huge ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Genetic tweaks changed how the hip bones of early humans developed, which allowed them to start walking upright on two legs, ...

A study led by the University of Tübingen found that people were deliberately extracting hornfels rocks at the Jojosi site in ...