Archaeologists have discovered special scrapers used for hunting by early humans 400,000 years ago, shedding light on technological adaptations that enabled our ancient ancestors to diversify ...

so Stone Age people needed sharp, strong tools to cut trees down and to hunt the animals for food. And this is where a stone called flint came in. There's a real skill to making tools out of flint.

open image in gallery One of the small Stone Age flint cutting tools recovered from the bottom of the North Sea (Submerged Landscapes Research Centre, University of Bradford) It is thought their ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered a trove of Stone Age artifacts on the seafloor ... Among the artifacts recovered are numerous smaller flint cutting tools and several dozen flint flakes from ...

Researchers believe the site was used as a ritual gathering place during the Neolithic period thousands of years ago.

STONE AGE FATHER:Perfect for catching fish. NARRATOR:Stone Age people made tools out of flint, which is hard sharp stone, but easy to flake and shape. NARRATOR:But they also have learnt to make ...

An archaeological dig at a site earmarked for housing has uncovered more than 300 stone age tools ... of flint and chert - a hard, fine-grained sedimentary rock - but rudimentary tools were ...