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

Have you ever rummaged through your garage, stumbling upon dusty old tools that seem to have been forgotten for ages? You ...

A simple stick, shaped by ancient hands roughly 430,000 years ago, is rewriting what researchers thought they knew about ...

Tough and charming, some old tools will outlive their owners but not their function -- hammering, cutting, and chopping for generations.

Ancient tools from central China are flipping the script, revealing early humans were far more innovative than history once gave them credit for.

The "very rare" find provides an extraordinary glimpse into the ingenuity of early human relatives who lived around half a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." From rare 19th-century leather working tools to mid-century woodworking handplanes, these finds tell the ...

It was a sharp discovery for archaeologists in Kenya. Archeologists have uncovered three-million-year-old tools used by early humans in an area of Africa called “the cradle of humankind.” Kenya’s Homa ...

Stone tools from central China dated to 160,000 years ago show early hafting, planning and skill, reshaping views of East ...

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There are still plenty of gas-powered tools around, and Makita has announced a brand-new product designed to bring them into ...