Long before there were maps or names for continents, a handful of people stood at the edge of the world. Picture them on a ...

The analysis of lithic tool technologies made a connection with coastal routes that allowed the early inhabitants to migrate ...

A new analysis of stone tools offers strong evidence for the theory that ancient people from the Pacific Rim traveled a ...

Until now, researchers had only uncovered a few tantalizing hints that humans had reached the American continent by this time ...

Stone tools reveal that the First Americans followed a coastal route from East Asia, linking both sides of the Pacific during the Ice Age.

Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring wildfires, droughts, and dramatic environmental shifts. A recent study, published ...

An analysis of stone tools found in Italy and Lebanon indicates that around 42,000 years ago, modern humans in Europe and the Near East took different approaches to toolmaking. In their comparative ...