Previously, the use of ivory was thought to date back about 120,000 years. But a new study, published in the International ...

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—a period spanning about 40,000 to 300,000 years ago, also called the Middle Stone Age—groups such as modern humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans emerged and began ...

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 ...

Thousands of stone tools discovered in a South African cave reveal that Ice Age humans had developed sophisticated fabrication techniques about 20,000 years ago, according to a report in the Journal ...

In a new study published in the Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology, researchers analyzed these stone tools and discussed ... in this region were living and hunting and responding to their ...

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

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 many ...

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.

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 ...