The earliest hominins in Europe shared their environment with large mammals and elephants were some of the largest animals ...

A roughly 500,000-year-old elephant bone hammer has been discovered in Boxgrove, England. This find ...

Scientists Identify 60,000-Year-Old Discovery That Rewrites Early Human History ...

Scientists believe that recent analysis of a find from the 1970's can offer us insights into the lives of ancient humans.

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 ...

Historic Rangeley is highlighting the Vail Site exhibit, which documents the earliest known human presence in western Maine ...

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.

A field in eastern England has revealed evidence of the earliest known instance of humans creating and controlling fire, a significant find that archaeologists say illuminates a dramatic turning point ...

Early human ancestors during the Old Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously known, according to research published Friday. Not only did these early people ...

The Nyayanga excavation site in Kenya, in July 2025. Fossils and Oldowan tools have been excavated from the tan and reddish-brown sediments, which date to more than 2.6 million years old. T. W.

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than 6 miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. The development of the Oldowan toolkit made it possible for ...