A team of archeologists in South Africa had to climb to new heights to find an important set of tools made by humans about 20,000 years ago. These newly discovered stone tools were embedded in a cave ...

This artifact was used to provide stone blades. Blade cores provided a portable source of stone or obsidian for manufacturing different kinds of tools by flaking off pieces from the core.

About 5,000 years ago, two stone circles were built in what is now southwest England, proving that Stonehenge was not the only circle from the Stone Age in the region. The remains of the ...

An exquisitely decorated 7,500-year-old antler from central Sweden was first used as a battle ax and later probably as a fishing harpoon during the Stone Age, a new study suggests.

When the wood was soaked in water, it expanded and split the stone. Next, the builders used chisels and hammers to shape them. The stones were then transported to the building site. They were ...