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 ...
Have you ever found yourself in a museum’s gallery of human origins, staring at a glass case full of rocks labeled “stone tools,” muttering under your breath, “How do they know it’s not just any old ...
Researchers have discovered artefacts produced by old world monkeys in Thailand that resemble stone tools, which historically have been identified as intentionally made by early hominins. Until now, ...
Recent discoveries have unveiled a fascinating chapter in human history, as stone tools provide compelling evidence of ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) At first glance, it might seem impossible to decipher. But as an experimental ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) John K. Murray, Arizona State University (THE CONVERSATION) Have you ever found ...
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