A pilot project to scan the surface material of an Iraqi desert revealed 850 different artifacts from the Old and Middle ...

It was a sharp discovery for archaeologists in Kenya. Archeologists have uncovered three-million-year-old tools used by early humans in an area of Africa called “the cradle of humankind.” ...

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 ...

Can you think of why this might be the case? When you think of archaeology what do you think is usually the only part of the tool that is usually preserved? If you found only that part, could you ...

Generative AI is often seen as the epitome of our times, and sometimes even as futuristic. We can use it to invent new art or ...

Researchers think it was created as a tool for counting ... Killgrove is a staff writer at Live Science with a focus on archaeology and paleoanthropology news. Her articles have also appeared ...

What do you know about different types of stone? Why do you think sandstone is used for grinding (see Figure 9)? Is this the type of tool that would be carried from place to place? How heavy do you ...