This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...

For more than 1 million years, early humans in the Levant region of the eastern Mediterranean used a range of heavy tools, such as massive handaxes and stone balls, for important tasks, including ...

A study reveals that the technological transition 200,000 years ago in the Near East was linked to the scarcity of megaherbivores such as elephants and rhinoceroses Approximately 300,000 years ago, ...

When prehistoric people re-sharpened cutting tools 300,000 years ago, they dropped tiny chips of flint—which today yield evidence of how wood was processed by early humans. The small flint flakes were ...

Hyderabad: Lower Palaeolithic stone tools have been identified on the banks of a water channel along the Manchirevula forest track in Gandipet mandal of Ranga Reddy district, adding to the growing ...

"Stone Tools in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Near East: A Guide surveys the lithic record for the East Mediterranean Levant (Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan, and adjacent territories) from the ...

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 associated with modern ...