Stone tools in Ukraine dated to 1.4 million years ago may be the earliest solid evidence of humans in Europe, a new study reveals. The makers of these tools likely weren't Homo sapiens but a close ...

People of the past used stone, wood, and bone to create a variety of tools. Although stone tools are more commonly found in archaeological settings, it is likely that bone and wood tools had an ...

This 230,000 year old stone tool was made by an early Neanderthal.This handaxe is one of a thousand stone tools found with early Neanderthal remains in excavations at Pontnewydd Cave, Denbighshire.

This method of therapeutically scraping the skin with a tool is thought to increase blood circulation, relieve muscle tension ...

Gua sha is a Chinese medicine technique that involves massaging the face with a small, smooth-edged stone. Here, experts ...

Until now, anthropologists had assumed that these long-extinct creatures lacked the right hand shape for such complex tasks, ...

Olduvai stone chopping tool (made 1.8 million years ago) found in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, East Africa. Perhaps the best thing of all about being Director of the British Museum, and one that still ...

Researchers studying ancient underwater caves on the coast of Sicily say they've found tantalizing clues about the area's ...

Located in the small fishing town of Yoichi, on the Japanese island of Hokkaido, is Fugoppe Cave, an archaeological site that ...

Stroud MP Dr Simon Opher officially opened a Stonehouse-based charity that helps bereaved families recover from the ...

A team of archaeologists led by Marie Brinch from the Lolland-Falster Museum has unearthed the remains of what appears to be a stone-paved cellar, meticulously constructed around 5000 years ago on the ...