These are humanity’s first knives, says the 48-year-old CSIC researcher. Until now, the oldest known bone tools were from half a million years ago and had been found in Europe and Asia. This new ...

Hold your knife perpendicular to the ham bone and slice straight down until you reach the bone, then lift the knife and repeat. Start at the wide end and work toward the narrow end, leaving the ...

To learn more about how the carvings were made, the team recreated the markings on cattle bones with replica tools, such as flint knives and ... the intricately carved bear bone not only enriches ...

Archaeologists have announced a discovery that puts the first use of bone tools back 1.5 million years. The finding included nearly 30 knives carved by the human ancestor Homo erectus in Tanzania.

A crooked knife has a curved metal blade hafted onto a wooden handle. How do you think they were used? What types of objects were carved with a crooked knife? Look in a specialty tool catalogue like ...