Scientists say they found one of the oldest known symbolic objects bearing a human fingerprint in Europe. The print hints at ...

In the depths of the San Lázaro rock-shelter in Segovia, Central Spain, archaeologists from the Complutense University of ...

Stone tools are rocks that have been selected for use or intentionally altered. This technology appeared around 3.3 million years ago and became essential to hominins – all the living and extinct ...

She’s talking about stone circles and stacks of rock that have sprung up along streambeds ... bookshelves filled with guidebooks, before signs marked trailheads, before GPS.

The "altar stone" at the center of Stonehenge most likely originated in present-day Scotland, a study found. That's more than 450 miles away, raising questions about how ancient humans transported ...

I think the best way for you to be able to learn to recognize whether a chunk of stone was a tool or just a rock is to try flintknapping yourself. I have taught more than 100 people of all ages to ...

But as an experimental archaeologist with over a decade of experience studying and manufacturing stone tools, I can say that there are telltale signs that a rock has been modified by humans or our ...