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.

Stone tools are considered the first form of technology devised by ancient humans – but they might not have been invented ...

The study looks at newly discovered fossilized grooves and footprints discovered in fine-grained sediment at White Sands National Park in New Mexico.

The issue with studying prehistoric boating technology, however, is that they were most likely made of natural materials that disintegrate over time, leaving no direct archaeological evidence behind.

“The presence of such advanced maritime technology in prehistoric ISEA highlights the ingenuity of early Philippine peoples and their neighbors,” the authors said in a statement from the ...

The use of the travois, especially at Alkali Flat, could reflect the advent of transportation technology long before wheels existed. The prehistoric people who relied on them, perhaps to move camp or ...

The newly discovered bone tools, which consist of 27 deliberately split and chipped large mammal long bones, were recovered ...

New archaeological evidence suggests that ancient inhabitants of the Philippines and Island Southeast Asia had the advanced plant-working technology needed for sophisticated boat building and open ...