Scientists in China discovered that ancient humans were making surprisingly advanced stone tools during a harsh ice age ...

In central China, scientists have spent over a decade excavating and studying an archaeological site where ancient humans butchered animals. Amidst bones, archaeologists found complex stone tools that ...

Archaeologists studying an ancient site in central China have uncovered new evidence suggesting early humans developed ...

The stone tools were found at the Lingjing archaeological site in central China. An early human species called Homo juluensis ...

“The calcite crystals inside the bone acted like a natural clock, allowing us to refine the age of the site,” Zhao explained. Previously, researchers thought that the tools found in Lingjing were ...

Unexpected Ice Age innovation: Lingjing’s 146,000-year-old tools show Homo juluensis crafted sophisticated implements during a glacial period, not a warm era. Dating crystals in bones: Calcite ...

Ancient butcher tools found in China at the 146,000-year-old Lingjing site reveal that Ice Age humans were far more advanced.

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 ...

During the coldest part of our ancient history, humans survived by tucking themselves into caves in the central Balkans, showing a resilience previously unknown to researchers and opening a fresh ...