While the scientific fields of planetary geology and archaeology don’t initially seem like a natural pairing, their unique methodological and technological overlap provides scientists with a better ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Deep in an open coal ...
Was it a stone tool or just a rock? An archaeologist explains how scientists can tell the difference
Have you ever found yourself in a museum's gallery of human origins, staring at a glass case full of rocks labeled "stone tools," muttering under your breath, "How do they know it's not just any old ...
Decorative scrolls in the scalpel handle found among the Roman medical tools, London, United Kingdom EXETER, ENGLAND—Newsweek reports that researchers led by Rebecca Flemming of the University of ...
LONGTAN, CHINA—CNN reports that stone tools synonymous with Neanderthals were discovered at the Longtan site in southwest China's Yunnan Province—but no Neanderthal is thought to have ever ventured ...
The early human migrations out of Africa set the stage for human history. Now, ancient tools and bones discovered in north-central China suggest that migration happened at least 270,000 years earlier ...
Archaeologists are testing ancient stone tool designs using very modern engineering. In the journal Royal Society Interface, a group of three archaeologists based in England and Spain surveyed tools ...
Researchers in China have unearthed the oldest complex wooden technology at the Paleolithic site of Gantangqing in southwestern China, significantly enhancing our understanding of human technological ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Deep in an open coal mine in southern Greece, researchers have discovered the antiquities-rich country’s oldest archaeological site, which dates to 700,000 years ago and is ...
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