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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It may not seem like it at first, but there’s a big difference ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland Museum of Natural History has a long history of researching evolution, exemplified by the discovery of Lucy 50 years ago. Lucy is the name given to skeletal remains ...

A study has revealed new insights into Stone Age life and death, showing that stone tools were just as likely to be buried with women and children as with men. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis by linguist Christian Bentz at Saarland University and archaeologist Ewa ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

Archaeologists from the Field Museum unearthed thousands of ancient stone tools in a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, revealing sophisticated fabrication techniques ...

Sara Watson works for the FIeld Museum of Natural History and Indiana State University The Earth of the last Ice Age (about 26,000 to 19,000 years ago) was very different from today’s world. In the ...

Over 40,000 years ago, our early ancestors were already carving signs into tools and sculptures. According to a new analysis by linguist Christian Bentz at Saarland University and archaeologist Ewa ...

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