Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reconstruction of Xigou tool-making. (CREDIT: Hulk Yuan) Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged ...

Researchers revisited the 1970s discovery of ancient stone tools at Monte Verde—an iconic site in Chile that transformed our understanding of how and when humans arrived in the Americas.

Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged by the discovery of a richly-layered archaeological site located in central China. The excavation project at Xigou, led by the ...

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny details ...

Ancient humans lived on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi at least a million years ago — 800,000 years earlier than previously known — according to stone tools found under a corn field. The artefacts, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New evidence suggests the first Americans arrived by sea from Asia more than 20,000 years ago. (CREDIT: AI-generated / The ...

The prehistoric site at Yiapan family Land in Narok North Subcounty, with some of the stone tools popping from the ground during excavation that took 7 years to complete. [Courtesy] Ancient stone ...

Thousands of stone tools made by early humans around 20,000 years ago have been found in a cave. The "important" find reveals connections between prehistoric people, say scientists. Archaeologists ...

Archaeologists have uncovered primitive sharp-edged stone tools on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, adding another piece to an evolutionary puzzle involving mysterious ancient humans who lived in a ...

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny details ...

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WASHINGTON — Ancient stone tools found in western Ukraine may be the oldest known evidence of early human presence in Europe, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature.