Ancient wooden tools found at a site in Gantangqing in southwestern China are approximately 300,000 years old, new dating has shown. Discovered during excavations carried out in 2014–15 and 2018–19, ...

A trove of rare 300,000-year-old wooden tools unearthed in south-west China reveals that early humans in the region may have relied heavily on underground plants like roots and tubers for sustenance.

Archaeologists in Łysa Góra, Mazovia, Poland found rare Celtic iron trepanation tool, indicating medical specialists traveled with Celtic groups on trade routes.

The artifact is part of a large assemblage of excavated artifacts recently acquired by National Museums Scotland ...

Identifying rare microorganisms in microbiome data just got easier. A team of researchers from Portugal and Canada has developed a new tool that uses machine learning to automatically detect rare ...

Killer whales have joined the rare club of animals that can make and use tools, for the first time being observed crafting a kind of brush out of kelp and then using it on fellow pod members. The feat ...

In a world flooded with new technology, a few rare gadgets quietly stand out for their craftsmanship, innovation, and ...