This forgotten cave sealed for 57,000 years may hold the earliest signs of Neanderthal symbolism

For a long time, the Neanderthals were regarded as functional, survival-minded humans who possessed the capabilities of ...
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430,000-year-old wooden handheld tools from Greece are the oldest on record — and they predate modern humans

Archaeologists have found the oldest-known surviving examples of handheld wooden tools.

Prehistoric tools found in China rewrite story of human evolution

Discovery of complex pre-historic tools in China suggests our ancestors were far more advanced than thought - Find suggests ...
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Scientists recover the oldest wooden tools from a site in Greece

Two artifacts found at a lake shore in Greece are the oldest wooden tools to be uncovered so far and date back 430,000 years. One is a spindly stick about ...

Scientists find 500,000-year-old elephant-bone tool in United Kingdom

This find marks the earliest known instance of elephant bone being utilized as a raw material in Europe, as well as the ...
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Scientists Find the Oldest Wooden Tools to Date in Greece, Dated Over 430,000 Years Old

The objects go back 430,000 years ...
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Early Humans in Asia Were Making Advanced Tools 160,000 Years Ago—Upending a Long-Held Assumptions

Ancient tools from China show early humans made complex, hafted technologies 160,000 years ago, reshaping views of innovation ...
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Researchers Just Identified This 430,000-Year-Old Stick From Greece As The Oldest Wooden Tool Ever Found

This prehistoric piece of alder found at the Marathousa 1 archaeological site in Greece might be the earliest wooden tool ...