Tools dating back 55,000 years, similar to those of Neanderthals, have just been identified in China. This discovery ...

During the Middle Paleolithic—a period spanning about 40,000 to 300,000 years ago, also called the Middle Stone Age—groups ...

Mousterian points: Retouched flake tools characteristic of the Middle Paleolithic. The retouched edges converge to form a point, which may or may not have been hafted and used as a hunting weapon.

Why study Paleolithic technology? What can old stone tools, ancient fire pits ... forcing populations to intensify hunting and gathering practices. With local food resources under increased ...

Blade cores provided a portable source of stone or obsidian for manufacturing different kinds of tools by flaking off pieces from the core. The basis of many Upper Paleolithic tool forms from both ...

During the Middle Paleolithic, when Neanderthals were modern humans' neighbors, new technologies meant something quite different: new kinds of stone tools that were smaller but could be used for ...

A team of archaeologists from the Austrian Archaeological Institute has discovered in Langmannersdorf, a town in Lower ...

“While we cannot yet confirm the presence of Neanderthals in China — who were responsible for the Middle Paleolithic (tools) in Europe and Central Asia — we know that their ‘sister ...

Using dentists' tools, archaeologists painstakingly uncover evidence that Israel’s Tinshemet Cave housed hominins who shared rituals and knowledge, and possibly lived in harmony ...

Blade cores provided a portable source of stone or obsidian for manufacturing different kinds of tools by flaking off pieces from the core. The basis of many Upper Paleolithic tool forms from both ...