Old beliefs about early human behavior in East Asia are being challenged by the discovery of a richly-layered archaeological site located in central China. The excavation project at Xigou, led by the ...

The latest discoveries in Central China's Henan province are filling critical gaps in understanding East Asia's role in human ...

A new study challenges the idea that climate change drove early human innovation. Instead, researchers find that cultural developments arose under different environmental conditions, shaped by ...

An archaeological discovery of two artifacts in southern Greece are the oldest known handheld wooden tools fashioned by early human ancestors.

Finds from Greece and Britain suggest early hominins were shaping wood and bone with far more intention and ingenuity than ...

The world's oldest wooden tools – likely dating back 430,000 years and possibly used by Neanderthals or early human ancestors ...

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...

Stone tools from central China dated to 160,000 years ago show early hafting, planning and skill, reshaping views of East ...

Archaeologists working in southern Greece have identified wooden tools that appear to be the oldest of their kind ever found.