Posts Tagged ‘stone tools’
Did abrupt climate change spark human culture?
CARDIFF U. (UK) — Rapid climate change 80,000 to 40,000 years ago, the Middle Stone Age, may have sparked cultural innovation in early modern humans, according to new research. Continue…
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:35 - 0 Comments
Society & Culture - Dec 20, 2012 13:15 - 1 Comment
Crisis in Syria mirrors collapse 4,000 years ago
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Ancient tools found in Syria suggest parallels between the country’s current crisis and a period of urban decline, government collapse, and drought in the region during the Bronze Age. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 20, 2012 16:04 - 0 Comments
Spears with stone tips used 500,000 years ago
U. TORONTO (CAN) — Human ancestors used stone-tipped weapons for hunting 500,000 years ago, about 200,000 years earlier than previously thought. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 4, 2012 14:45 - 1 Comment
Syria’s ancient tools traced to volcano in Turkey
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — Archeologists have uncovered the origin and trading routes of razor-sharp tools used in Syria 4,200 years ago. (more…)
Top Stories - Jul 13, 2012 11:04 - 2 Comments
Darts raise doubts about who was first to America
U. OREGON (US) — Stone darts and DNA from ancient feces found in Oregon’s Paisley Caves suggest the Clovis were not the first people to live in North America. (more…)
Top Stories - Sep 12, 2011 11:33 - 2 Comments
Virtual skull: 3D peek at hominid brain
EMORY (US) — A virtual endocast of a hominid skull that dates back nearly 2 million years raises questions about the evolution of the human brain. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 20, 2011 15:01 - 0 Comments
Righties prevailed in prehistoric era
U. KANSAS (US) — A study of markings on fossilized front teeth show that right-handedness dominated as long as 500,000 years ago. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 4, 2011 13:14 - 1 Comment
Artifacts point to early maritime economy
U. OREGON (US) — Scores of stemmed projectile points and crescents found on California’s Channel Islands suggest that people who depended on a sea economy arrived in the Americas very early, possibly by a coastal route. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 18, 2011 11:59 - 0 Comments
Like us, early humans ran the gamut
STONY BROOK (US) — Although they did not act “modern,” new evidence suggests humans living in East Africa 200,000 years ago were as complex in their behavior as humans living today. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 4, 2010 11:23 - 0 Comments
Stone Age tools took brains, not brawn
EMORY (US) — It was a skilled brain—not trained hands—that allowed prehistoric toolmakers to make the leap from simple to sophisticated. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 29, 2010 12:11 - 0 Comments
Earlier date for skilled tool sharpening
U. COLORADO (US) — Prehistoric humans were using a delicate method to sharpen stone tools at least 75,000 years ago, more than 50,000 years earlier than previously thought. (more…)
