Those particular tools date back 2.9 million years, with the intent of cutting up hippos for meat, the researchers reported in the study. While these stone tools may not date back quite as far as ...

Researchers examined the productivity of stone tools with a cutting-edge over a 50,000-year span, including six cultural ...

The researchers created replica stone tools that resembled those used in ... They used these tools for different tasks, such ...

Reuters The analysis of wear patterns on 30 of the stone tools found at the site showed that they had been used to cut, scrape and pound both animals and plants ...

People of the past used stone, wood, and bone to create a variety of tools. Although stone tools are more commonly found in archaeological settings, it is likely that bone and wood tools had an ...

The site yielded a total of 314 stone artefacts ... and microliths - small shaped blades which were often used as cutting and slicing tools. The was also a "notch" - a small tool which could ...