Early humans relied on simple stone tools for 300,000 years in a changing east African landscape

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

Early Humans in Asia Were Making Advanced Tools 160,000 Years Ago—Upending a Long-Held Assumptions

Ancient tools from China show early humans made complex, hafted technologies 160,000 years ago, reshaping views of innovation ...
Science Daily

Ancient tools in China are forcing scientists to rethink early humans

Archaeologists in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans were far more inventive than long assumed. Excavations at the Xigou site reveal advanced stone tools, including the earliest ...

Why 430,000-year-old wooden tools are changing what we know about early humans

Finds from Greece and Britain suggest early hominins were shaping wood and bone with far more intention and ingenuity than ...
Earth.com

Early humans unlocked a new survival strategy by hunting elephants

Early humans were not just scavengers. New research shows they actively butchered elephants, transforming survival and social behavior.
The Conversation

Early humans relied on simple stone tools for 300,000 years in a changing east African landscape

Niguss Gitaw Baraki receives funding from the Leakey Foundation and the U.S. National Science Foundation. Dan V. Palcu Rolier's work was supported by NWO Veni grant 212.136, FAPESP grants 2018/20733-6 ...