The Oldowan stones are believed to be the oldest known examples of stone tool industry in the world. Their development around ...

The find suggests early humans had more advanced tool-making skills ... including Homo erectus, Homo habilis, and Paranthropus boisei. While it is unclear which species made the tools, researchers ...

An illustration of the Homo erectus child with her ... was found with a variety of Oldowan tools. These tool types, which our distant ancestors began making at least 2.6 million years ago, were ...

We are just one branch of a diverse human family tree. Aside from Neanderthals, who were they – and why did we replace them?

Dozens of tools ... making more tools. And scientists also found tools shaped on-site from hippopotamus bones. Eastern Africa is where some of the earliest evidence of tool use by the first Genus ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a collection of bone tools in northern Tanzania that were shaped by ancient human ancestors 1.5 million years ago, making ... such as Homo habilis, Homo erectus ...

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have solved a longstanding mystery about the extensive prehistoric stone quarrying and tool-making ... why did Homo erectus repeatedly visit the same locations to ...

Deep in a trench in Tanzania, researchers found dozens of tools crafted from animal bones ... they suspected Homo erectus — a tall, bipedal hominin — was responsible for the butchering.

Despite the harsh conditions, Homo erectus not only survived but thrived. They developed specialized stone tools, including scrapers ... than 1.5 million years, making them one of the greatest ...

Homo erectus was able ... and the development of specialized tools. The authors propose that this capability to adapt may have led to the expansion of H. erectus' geographic range.