Used by our early human ancestors around 430,000 years ago, the earliest known hand-held wooden tools have been uncovered by researchers in Greece.

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago. The selection of rock type depended on how easily the material could be ...

Early humans in England used elephant bone to sharpen stone tools, revealing advanced planning, material knowledge, and ...

Researchers believe the ancient wood, found in Greece, is actually evidence of the earliest hand-held wooden tool usage in ...

Archaeologists have found the oldest-known surviving examples of handheld wooden tools.

Archaeologists working in southern Greece have identified wooden tools that appear to be the oldest of their kind ever found.

Researchers have found two wooden tools crafted and used by humans at a site some 430,000 years ago. One tool is made of ...

The Nyayanga excavation site in Kenya, in July 2025. Fossils and Oldowan tools have been excavated from the tan and reddish-brown sediments, which date to more than 2.6 million years old. T. W.

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 these early people ...

Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged by the discovery of a richly-layered archaeological ...