Tag Archive for 'Stone Age'

This image shows stone tools found at the site of Nor Geghi, Armenia: top - biface tool; bottom - a Levallois core. Image credit: © Dan Adler.

Stone Tool Discovery in Armenia Gives Insight into Human Innovation 325,000 Years Ago

Sep 27, 2014 by News Staff

An analysis of about 3,000 stone tools from a 325,000-year-old archaeological site near the village of Nor Geghi in the Kotayk Province of Armenia challenges...

Elevated levels of the Nitrogen-15 isotope detected in plant macrofossils from a Neolithic farming village near Falköping, Sweden, indicate that its inhabitants may have used fertilizers to grow barley and wheat (Agricultural Research Service / Usda.gov)

Stone Age Scandinavians May Have Used Fertilizers 5,000 Years Ago

Apr 30, 2013 by Enrico de Lazaro

According to a new research by archaeologists from the University of Gothenburg, inhabitants of a small Neolithic farming village located in modern-day...

Stone Tools Hint at 71,000-Year-Old Advanced Lethal Technology

Nov 8, 2012 by Enrico de Lazaro

Small stone blades and other tools found in a cave near Mossel Bay in South Africa have provided proof that Stone Age humans invented the technology of...

Exciting Stone Age Artifacts Unearthed at Ein Zippori in Israel

Sep 25, 2012 by Sergio Prostak

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority have discovered a treasure of impressive prehistoric artifacts at the Ein Zippori site. Stone Age...