(Reuters) -Artifacts found at archeological sites in France and Spain along the Bay of Biscay shoreline show that humans have been crafting tools from whale bones since more than 20,000 years ago, ...

More than 30,000 years ago, seafaring humans made a momentous trek from present-day Taiwan to the Ryukyu Islands of southwestern Japan—a journey of some 140 miles without any of the advanced ...

More than two dozen prehistoric tools and weapons found on an undeveloped plot in Pitkin County could provide archaeologists information about hunter-gatherer toolmaking in the West. The find, on ...

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In this week's roundup of science news, Emily Kwong and Rachel Carlson talk about a newly discovered desert flower, tasting lemonade in virtual reality and prehistoric bone tools used by early humans.

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny details ...

Buried for 300,000 years, hundreds of prehistoric tools have been uncovered in a Kent sinkhole—including hand axes over a foot long. This could be Britain’s oldest evidence of early human ingenuity.

What do we know about the last hunter-gatherers who lived in West Africa? While these prehistoric populations have been extensively studied in Europe and Asia, their presence in this vast ...

Archaeologists do not have clear evidence as to when prehistoric humans started shearing sheep, nor when early textile making began. One of the main theories in this regard is that it began during the ...

It's time for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. I'm joined by two of the show's reporters, Emily Kwong and Rachel Carlson. Good to have you both back here. EMILY KWONG, ...