The object depicted was long thought to be a stone. A close-up of "The Melun Diptych", ca. 1455, Jean Fouquet. Courtesy Steven Kangas and authors. The Melun Diptych takes its name from the Northern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An archeologist measures the biggest of two "giant" prehistoric hand axes uncovered in the south of England.Archaeology South-East ...

The ability to make a Lower Paleolithic hand axe depends on complex cognitive control by the prefrontal cortex, including the 'central executive' function of working memory, a new study finds. The ...

These aren't your average prehistoric stone tools — they also have 500,000-year-old elephant residue on them. Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University found "hand axes" and "scrapers" among elephant ...

Even our earliest human ancestors made and used technology — something we can look back on thanks to the lasting nature of stone tools. An exceptionally high density of giant hand axes dated to ...

Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a prehistoric ‘paradise’ dating back half a million years. Experts from the Israel Antiquities Authority and Tel Aviv University have been excavating the site ...

"The Melun Diptych" (circa 1455) by Jean Fouquet in an exhibition at the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, Germany. Since ancient times, people working in the fields occasionally stumbled over strange-looking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iraq has a rich historical legacy, but it often goes unnoticed due to conflicts. Archaeologists have found a large collection of ...

Researchers from University College London's Institute of Archaeology have uncovered a cache of 800 stone artefacts dating to more than 300,000 years ago. The find includes one of the largest ...

An "incredible discovery" and a "chance finding" is how a family have described uncovering a prehistoric hand axe. Mel Harrison picked up the hand-sized flintstone which tour guide Martin Simpson ...

The ability to make a Lower Paleolithic hand axe depends on complex cognitive control by the prefrontal cortex, including the "central executive" function of working memory, a new study finds. PLOS ...