Stone-age people colonized rainforests by developing tool miniaturization
Any engineer today would be proud of them.
Tag: tools
Ancient tools reveal that Neanderthal groups went extinct in waves, replacing one another
These ancient hominids had a complex and complicated pattern of extinction.
Experimental archeology shows how hafted tools allowed humans to get a grasp on civilization
This simple advancement still echoes through the ages.
Orangutans don’t use tools instinctively — they actually think about what they’re doing
Give an orangutan a banana and you'll feed him for a day. Give him a stick and he'll poke bananas ...
Stone Age people were living on the Himalayan plateau 30,000 years ago
They may have received some genetic assistance from an early race of humans.
Experiment proves beyond a doubt that Goffin’s cockatoos deliberately craft and use tools
Maybe change their name to cockatools now?
Monkeys in Brazil make stone flakes, which means some of those ancient tools might falsely be attributed to hominids
The monkeys cut the stones for a whole different reason, though. Ok, maybe they're not that smart.
Treasure trove of stone tools found in Puget Sound
Is there anything you can't buy in today's shopping malls? The list must be pretty short already, but now we ...
The oldest stone cutting tools may have sparked the evolution of language
A far from definite, yet highly interesting explanation for the origin of language was recently proposed - not by linguists or ...
Chimps Pass down Skills to Peers and Establish Cultures
Chimps, our closest relatives, can pass down knowledge and skills, like using a new tool for instance, and establish cultural ...
Early modern humans were culturally diverse before leaving Africa
Early modern human populations were culturally diverse and sometimes exchanged tools helped by river networks in a then savanna rich ...
Neanderthals developed first bone tools
Modern humans started 'replacing' Neanderthals some 40.000 years ago, and for a long time, it was thought this came as ...
5 eco-tools for a greener garden
Working in the garden brings people out into the great outdoors, making them more appreciative of nature’s fragile beauty, yet ...
Fish use tools, video proves!
People used to think Chimpanzee tool-use was impressive, but it in the past decades it has been documented that dolphins, ...
600,000 year old discovered tool mill provies new Homo Erectus insights
We now know that pre-modern human ...