Tools were once thought to have arisen out of Africa and Europe, then spread eastward. New findings challenge that assumption ...

New technologies today often involve electronic devices that are smaller and smarter than before. During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans’ neighbors, new technologies meant ...

Researchers discovered a Quina stone scraper, thick and asymmetrical with a broad and sharp working edge showing clear signs ...

This artifact was used for scraping fur from animal hides. For European and American Stone Age peoples, end scrapers served as heavy- duty scraping tools that could have been used on animal hides ...

A style of primitive stone tools named for the French site where they were first discovered have shown up half a world away.

This artifact was used for scraping fur from animal hides. For European and American Stone Age peoples, end scrapers served as heavy- duty scraping tools that could have been used on animal hides ...