A study published in the Journal of Human Evolution ... have chosen their tools, leads one to believe early human ancestors have followed similar criteria in their rock and stone picking, probably ...

Chimpanzees use rocks as tools for cracking nuts Stone selection by chimps mirrors ancient human ancestor techniques Generational learning observed in chimpanzee tool ...

Credit: Journal of Human Evolution. “These patterns of stone selection parallel what is documented for Oldowan hominins,” the researchers noted. Oldowan tools, among the earliest known ...

At the Melka Wakena site in the Ethiopian Highlands, researchers discovered a wide array of tools. But why were certain types of stone chosen ... Museum for Human Behavioral Evolution, MONREPOS ...

However, a new study from the University of Cambridge has unveiled a strikingly unconventional pattern in human evolution ... technologies such as stone tools, fire, or advanced hunting techniques ...

Humans are not unique in using tools. But human tool use differs from that known to occur in nonhumans in being very frequent, spontaneous, and diversified. So a fundamental issue is, what are the ...

These findings construct a cultural timeline of human evolution in the region since the Late Pleistocene. "Besides the stone tools, the artifacts, which include bones with traces of fire use ...

The long-held theory of human evolution says that modern humans originated in Africa and then migrated to other parts of the world. However, that “out of Africa” model is being challenged by a ...