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Evolution axe goes on display

Oct 19, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A flint hand axe that helped reveal the very ancient age of humankind goes on display at the Natural History Museum October 2009.

Prehistoric tools discovered at Isles of Shoals

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Aug 27, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Summer students in Cornell's new Archaeology Field School at Shoals Marine Laboratory, Cornell's marine field station, have discovered the first prehistoric archaeological site in the Isles ...

IU discovers stone tools, rare animal bones -- clues to Caribbean's earliest inhabitants

Stone tools, rare animal bones discovered -- clues to Caribbean's earliest inhabitants

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Aug 18, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (11) | 0

A prehistoric water-filled cave in the Dominican Republic has become a "treasure trove" with the announcement by Indiana University archaeologists of the discovery of stone tools, a small primate skull in ...

Ancient Humans Left Evidence from the Party that Ended 4,000 Years Ago

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Jul 21, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (9) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The party was over more than 4,000 years ago, but the remnants still remain in the gourds and squashes that served as dishware. For the first time, University of Missouri researchers have ...

Obsidian 'trail' provides clues to how humans settled, interacted in Kuril Islands

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Jun 22, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists have used stone tools to answer many questions about human ancestors in both the distant and near past and now they are analyzing the origin of obsidian flakes to better understand ...