The finding, along with the discovery of a 500,000-year-old hammer made of bone, indicates that our human ancestors were ...

Archaeologists have found the oldest-known surviving examples of handheld wooden tools.

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Used by our early human ancestors around 430,000 years ago, the earliest known hand-held wooden tools have been uncovered by ...

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Chiba, Japan, January 12, 2026—A team at Japan’s National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) has published a field-defining Perspective that places the societal payoff of quantum ...

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A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her own back with a broom — the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows, researchers say. By Emily Anthes For a cow, Veronika has had what might ...