When Japanese scientists wanted to learn more about how ground stone tools dating back to the Early Upper Paleolithic might have been used, they decided to build their own replicas of adzes, axes, and ...

Ancient artifacts unearthed in Alaska revealed migrants from Asia might have come to the Americas via an inland route, and ...

Engravings decorating Stone Age tools and figurines could represent the very first records of information, and thus the dawn ...

Sculptures and tools from the Stone Age show markings that could be an early precursor to written language, according to a new analysis.

Fort McCoy has archaeological sites within its boundaries that represent more than 10,000 years of history. Most of the artifacts from those sites which pre-date European contact are either stone ...

Examples of sharp edged flakes produced unintentionally by long-tailed macaques. Credit: Proffitt et al, 2023 Research by anthropologists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have ...

Archaeologists with the Colorado State University (CSU) Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands (CEMML) were investigating an archaeological site near the North Flowage when they ...

Nearly 3 million years ago, hominids employed stone tool kits to butcher hippos and pound plants along what’s now the shores of Kenya’s Lake Victoria, researchers say. Evidence of those food ...

Archaeologists surveying a desert region in Egypt found several ancient workshops filled with Stone Age artifacts, a study said and photos show. Photo from Leplongeon, Bailly and Graff (2024) Scanning ...

Residents who have discovered what they believe may be Native American artifacts will have an opportunity to learn more about their finds March 21 during Artifact I.D. Day. The free event will take ...