Scientists discover world’s oldest stone tools date to 3.3 million years ago

Scientists working in the desert badlands of northwestern Kenya have found stone tools dating back 3.3 million years, long before the advent of modern humans, and by far the oldest such artifacts yet discovered. More...

Did Neanderthals eat their vegetables?

– MIT study provides first direct evidence of plants in the Neanderthal diet – The popular conception of the Neanderthal as a club-wielding carnivore is, well, rather primitive, according More...