Flint chopping tools were used by early humans beginning 2.6 million years ago to break animal bones and release the high-calorie marrow inside, a study has found. Researchers led from Germany and ...
Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now and Friday Focus podcasts and heads up The Times of Israel's features. A trove of Paleolithic ...
Flint tools for butchering deer were developed in Israel 400,000 years ago – study TAU researchers say the stone scrapers originated near Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim in the Samarian hills, which were ...
Ancient humans living in the early Stone Age made tiny flint tools by recycling old hand axes, allowing them to butcher animals with surgical precision. The flint flakes — found at an archaeological ...
Archaeologists have discovered special scrapers used for hunting by early humans 400,000 years ago, shedding light on technological adaptations that enabled our ancient ancestors to diversify their ...
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Potential human ancestor Homo heidelbergensis used this 480,000-year-old bone hammer to create flint tools. UCL Institute of Archaeology Some 480,000 years ago, a group of 30 to 40 early hominins met ...
Archaeological remains dating back to the last Ice Age have been found during work to upgrade a major road, the Highways Agency said. The remains, along with Iron Age and Roman settlements, were ...