On the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya, a short valley extends south towards the looming Mount Homa. From it have emerged some of the oldest-known stone tools used to butcher large animals, as well ...

A blacksmithing project showcasing a practical spring butcher tool, highlighting clever design, forging techniques, and ...

A new study from Tel Aviv University identified the earliest appearance worldwide of special stone tools, used 400,000 years ago to process fallow deer. The tools, called Quina scrapers (after the ...

State broadcasters in Poland have announced the discovery of a Neanderthal workshop 65 miles (105 kilometers) from Warsaw, where archeologists say the ancient hominin would have repaired butchering ...

The unique stone tools were made of flint from the Mountains of Samaria, which were probably also the fallow deers' calving areas, located east of the prehistoric sites of Jaljulia and Qesem Cave.