A palm-sized fragment of elephant bone, shaped and used as a precision tool almost half a million years ago, has been identified as the oldest known elephant-bone implement in Europe. Although the ...

A roughly 500,000-year-old elephant bone hammer has been discovered in Boxgrove, England. This find ...

A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a million years ago, has been uncovered in ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

It's several times sharper than surgical steel and has an iridescent beauty that masks its use as a deadly tool. It's obsidian — a hard, dark volcanic glass used for thousands of years by American ...

Every day, hundreds of stone artifact enthusiasts around the world sit down and begin striking a stone with special tools attempting to craft the perfect arrowhead or knife. This craft is known as ...

TWIN FALLS — The Herrett Center will host the public premiere of "Legacy In Stone: Discovering Ancient Flint-knapping in Idaho." Doors will be open at 6:30 p.m. with the movie showing at 7 p.m. Nov.

Take up knapping (chipping into shape) a flint stone, or try throwing a dart (spear-sized arrow) with an atlatl (pronounced "at LAT al") with force and accuracy. These were just two of the many ...