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 ...

This is the first discovery of its kind in North China from the Paleolithic period. "Traditionally, we believed stone tool making was simply a matter of subtraction, changing the shape of the ...

Why study Paleolithic technology? What can old stone tools, ancient fire pits, and painted cave walls tell us about our evolutionary past? Humans occupy a rarified position in the modern world.

They are most common in Africa but do occur in some Lower Paleolithic sites in Europe. Composite technology: Refers to tools and weapons that consist of several parts, such as stone points hafted ...

An archaeological dig at a site earmarked for housing has uncovered more than 300 stone age tools and artefacts. The 9,000-year-old site, on Castle Hill, Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, is "on a par with ...

Archaeologists at Tel Aviv University have uncovered the answer to ancient humans’ regular presence at Paleolithic stone ...

Several big and small stone tools dating back to the Mesolithic period - also called the middle stone age - have been found. "The microliths, or the small stone tools, date back to around 10,000 ...