"Technological innovations were crucial for human evolution," says Karakostis. "We are interested in what cognitive developments were necessary for the use of relatively simple stone tools—and ...
Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.
Chimpanzees use tools in sequences, planning and adapting actions like humans. This suggests the roots of complex human ...
A new study reveals that early humans' ability to use tools precisely may have been pivotal in human evolution. By recording ...
Imagine our early human ancestors standing in the ancient landscapes, thoughtfully examining rocks, deciding which to use for ...
The story of human evolution is more intricate than ever, especially in eastern Asia during the Late Quaternary period, ...
The finding provides further evidence that tool use started long before the ... In a study published in the November issue of the Journal of Human Evolution, researchers examined muscle attachment ...
Research indicates that the complex behaviors used in human language and tool making, such as organizing actions into sequences, may have evolved in our common ancestors with chimpanzees. This study ...
HEFEI — Chinese scientists have unearthed dozens of human fossils dating back 300,000 years, the earliest evidence in East ...
Engels applied the logic of materialist dialectics to the problem of human evolution with important, though rarely ...
The human fossils, along with a large number of fossilized animal bones and stone tools, have been unearthed at the Hualongdong site in Dongzhi County, east China's Anhui Province ...