Officials said more than 10,000 animal bones and several stone tools were unearthed from a cave in Endsee, according to a Dec. 11 news release from the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation.

The researchers believe that Neanderthals, an extinct species of human known to have lived in that area as far back as 125,000 years ago, smashed the marrow-rich bones into fragments with stone ...

To reach Malta, these hunter-gatherers seemingly crossed at least 100 kilometers of open ocean, the team says. The findings add to an emerging picture of systematic seafaring in the Stone Age.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago. A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and sharpened bones from elephants and hippos ...

These Stone Age herders were also skilled artists. They carved thousands of images into rock surfaces on cliffs and boulders, documenting their daily lives.

1.5 million years ago, human ancestors used hippo bones to make tools New data revises the timeline for when our prehistoric relatives started using animal bones. Andrew Paul Mar 5, 2025 11:00 AM EST ...