Stone tools didn’t start with Homo.
At Lomekwi 3 (Kenya), deliberately flaked stone tools dated to ~3.3 million years ago push toolmaking deep into early hominin evolution.
www.nature.com/articles/nat...
#HumanOrigins #Paleoanthropology #StoneTools
At Lomekwi 3 (Kenya), deliberately flaked stone tools dated to ~3.3 million years ago push toolmaking deep into early hominin evolution.
www.nature.com/articles/nat...
#HumanOrigins #Paleoanthropology #StoneTools
December 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Stone tools didn’t start with Homo.
At Lomekwi 3 (Kenya), deliberately flaked stone tools dated to ~3.3 million years ago push toolmaking deep into early hominin evolution.
www.nature.com/articles/nat...
#HumanOrigins #Paleoanthropology #StoneTools
At Lomekwi 3 (Kenya), deliberately flaked stone tools dated to ~3.3 million years ago push toolmaking deep into early hominin evolution.
www.nature.com/articles/nat...
#HumanOrigins #Paleoanthropology #StoneTools
All done!
“The Lithicist”
Pencil on cold pressed paper
#Archaeology #Archaeoart #stonetools #lithics 🏺🐡🖌️🧪
“The Lithicist”
Pencil on cold pressed paper
#Archaeology #Archaeoart #stonetools #lithics 🏺🐡🖌️🧪
January 10, 2024 at 2:15 PM
All done!
“The Lithicist”
Pencil on cold pressed paper
#Archaeology #Archaeoart #stonetools #lithics 🏺🐡🖌️🧪
“The Lithicist”
Pencil on cold pressed paper
#Archaeology #Archaeoart #stonetools #lithics 🏺🐡🖌️🧪
A little collection of 3-6,000 year old stone tools painted as real to life as I can manage
#watercolor #art #gouache #ink #archaeology #stonetools
🧪🐡🏺
#watercolor #art #gouache #ink #archaeology #stonetools
🧪🐡🏺
September 10, 2023 at 4:07 PM
A little collection of 3-6,000 year old stone tools painted as real to life as I can manage
#watercolor #art #gouache #ink #archaeology #stonetools
🧪🐡🏺
#watercolor #art #gouache #ink #archaeology #stonetools
🧪🐡🏺
146,000-year-old Ice Age humans used advanced stone tools for butchery and survival
A new study from central China is changing how scientists think about creativity and survival among ancient humans...
More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/05/ice-...
#archaeology #anthropology #iceage #stonetools
A new study from central China is changing how scientists think about creativity and survival among ancient humans...
More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/05/ice-...
#archaeology #anthropology #iceage #stonetools
June 2, 2026 at 6:49 PM
146,000-year-old Ice Age humans used advanced stone tools for butchery and survival
A new study from central China is changing how scientists think about creativity and survival among ancient humans...
More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/05/ice-...
#archaeology #anthropology #iceage #stonetools
A new study from central China is changing how scientists think about creativity and survival among ancient humans...
More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/05/ice-...
#archaeology #anthropology #iceage #stonetools
Here, we propose a new perspective on early stone tool technology: emulation of naturally occurring sharp-edged stones (naturaliths) instead of inventing via 'Eureka!' moments. Nature provided the blueprint; hominins took it further.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/arcm...
#Archaeology #Stonetools
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/arcm...
#Archaeology #Stonetools
March 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Here, we propose a new perspective on early stone tool technology: emulation of naturally occurring sharp-edged stones (naturaliths) instead of inventing via 'Eureka!' moments. Nature provided the blueprint; hominins took it further.
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/arcm...
#Archaeology #Stonetools
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/arcm...
#Archaeology #Stonetools
🤖 Can #AI help #archaeologists identify how #stonetools were used?
#ICArEHB researchers A. Eleftheriadou, Y. Djellal, S.P. McPherron & J. Marreiros explore this with convolutional neural networks for #UseWear analysis.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Archaeology #MachineLearning
#ICArEHB researchers A. Eleftheriadou, Y. Djellal, S.P. McPherron & J. Marreiros explore this with convolutional neural networks for #UseWear analysis.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Archaeology #MachineLearning
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🤖 Can #AI help #archaeologists identify how #stonetools were used?
#ICArEHB researchers A. Eleftheriadou, Y. Djellal, S.P. McPherron & J. Marreiros explore this with convolutional neural networks for #UseWear analysis.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Archaeology #MachineLearning
#ICArEHB researchers A. Eleftheriadou, Y. Djellal, S.P. McPherron & J. Marreiros explore this with convolutional neural networks for #UseWear analysis.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415...
#Archaeology #MachineLearning
The Acheulean handaxe was the ultimate trendsetter—lasting nearly 2 million years! Symmetrical, standardized, and spread across continents, it was more than a tool: it was the Paleolithic’s signature look. #PaleoPost #HumanOrigins #StoneTools #FossilFriday #PaleoClub
August 16, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Acheulean handaxe was the ultimate trendsetter—lasting nearly 2 million years! Symmetrical, standardized, and spread across continents, it was more than a tool: it was the Paleolithic’s signature look. #PaleoPost #HumanOrigins #StoneTools #FossilFriday #PaleoClub
The oldest stone tools, like those at Lomekwi 3, date back over 3.3 million years. No instructions. Just instinct, observation, and raw ingenuity. #FossilFriday #Lomekwi #StoneTools #PaleoPost #WOPA #HumanOrigins
April 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The oldest stone tools, like those at Lomekwi 3, date back over 3.3 million years. No instructions. Just instinct, observation, and raw ingenuity. #FossilFriday #Lomekwi #StoneTools #PaleoPost #WOPA #HumanOrigins
1.5mya, humans engineered weapons, not just threw rocks. Stone points from Kathu Pan,SA, demonstrate early hafting and hunting technology before Homo sapiens. Innovation is ancient.
Paper: scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Ev...
#PaleoTechnology #HumanOrigins #Archaeology #StoneTools #DeepTime
Paper: scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Ev...
#PaleoTechnology #HumanOrigins #Archaeology #StoneTools #DeepTime
December 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
1.5mya, humans engineered weapons, not just threw rocks. Stone points from Kathu Pan,SA, demonstrate early hafting and hunting technology before Homo sapiens. Innovation is ancient.
Paper: scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Ev...
#PaleoTechnology #HumanOrigins #Archaeology #StoneTools #DeepTime
Paper: scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Ev...
#PaleoTechnology #HumanOrigins #Archaeology #StoneTools #DeepTime
Rad, a seven-year-old visitor from Hormozgan, practices photographing stone tools in the Paleolithic Department of the National Museum of Iran. A future researcher in the making. Shared with permission.
#NationalMuseumOfIran #Paleolithic #StoneTools #MuseumEducation
#NationalMuseumOfIran #Paleolithic #StoneTools #MuseumEducation
September 15, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Rad, a seven-year-old visitor from Hormozgan, practices photographing stone tools in the Paleolithic Department of the National Museum of Iran. A future researcher in the making. Shared with permission.
#NationalMuseumOfIran #Paleolithic #StoneTools #MuseumEducation
#NationalMuseumOfIran #Paleolithic #StoneTools #MuseumEducation
Toolmakers walked the earth long before Homo habilis. At Lomekwi, 3.3 million years ago, our ancestors were already striking stone against stone—reshaping survival itself. #DeepTime #StoneTools #PaleoPost
September 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Toolmakers walked the earth long before Homo habilis. At Lomekwi, 3.3 million years ago, our ancestors were already striking stone against stone—reshaping survival itself. #DeepTime #StoneTools #PaleoPost
Upgrading your toolkit from simple choppers to sleek handaxes didn’t just make life easier—it rewrote the playbook. 🪓🪨 #PaleoPost #HumanOrigins #ToolEvolution #StoneTools
August 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Upgrading your toolkit from simple choppers to sleek handaxes didn’t just make life easier—it rewrote the playbook. 🪓🪨 #PaleoPost #HumanOrigins #ToolEvolution #StoneTools
New year, new job, new country, new continent. Happy to share that I have started a new job as postdoctoral research assistant at the Department of Anthropology at Emory University in Atlanta. #Academia #Postdoc #Stonetools #Archaeology
January 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
New year, new job, new country, new continent. Happy to share that I have started a new job as postdoctoral research assistant at the Department of Anthropology at Emory University in Atlanta. #Academia #Postdoc #Stonetools #Archaeology
🪓 #ArtifactOfTheDay: The Acheulean handaxe! Used by early humans for over 1.5 million years, it’s a symbol of human innovation and adaptability. Found across Africa, Europe, and Asia, this tool was essential for survival! #StoneTools #Paleoanthropology #HumanOrigins
October 2, 2024 at 10:23 PM
🪓 #ArtifactOfTheDay: The Acheulean handaxe! Used by early humans for over 1.5 million years, it’s a symbol of human innovation and adaptability. Found across Africa, Europe, and Asia, this tool was essential for survival! #StoneTools #Paleoanthropology #HumanOrigins
Our next DiPA is on Wednesday, April 2nd at 10.30AM.
Dr. Corey Johnson (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris) give a talk titled "Investigating evolutionary trends in blank cutting edge efficiency".
Zoom registration is possible.
#paleomonrepos #leiza #stonetools #palaeolithic #research
Dr. Corey Johnson (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris) give a talk titled "Investigating evolutionary trends in blank cutting edge efficiency".
Zoom registration is possible.
#paleomonrepos #leiza #stonetools #palaeolithic #research
March 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Our next DiPA is on Wednesday, April 2nd at 10.30AM.
Dr. Corey Johnson (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris) give a talk titled "Investigating evolutionary trends in blank cutting edge efficiency".
Zoom registration is possible.
#paleomonrepos #leiza #stonetools #palaeolithic #research
Dr. Corey Johnson (Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris) give a talk titled "Investigating evolutionary trends in blank cutting edge efficiency".
Zoom registration is possible.
#paleomonrepos #leiza #stonetools #palaeolithic #research
🪨 How do #StoneTools survive millennia in the #Sahara? #ICArEHB’s Emanuele Cancellieri joins a team investigating #flint decay: doi.org/10.1007/s108...
January 6, 2026 at 2:46 PM
🪨 How do #StoneTools survive millennia in the #Sahara? #ICArEHB’s Emanuele Cancellieri joins a team investigating #flint decay: doi.org/10.1007/s108...
🪨 Early Oldowan tech thrived during Pliocene environmental change in Kenya’s Turkana Basin.
#ICArEHB researchers Jonathan S. Reeves, René Bobe & Susana Carvalho with D. R. Braun et al. in Nature Communications: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41188262/
#Oldowan #HumanEvolution #StoneTools
#ICArEHB researchers Jonathan S. Reeves, René Bobe & Susana Carvalho with D. R. Braun et al. in Nature Communications: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41188262/
#Oldowan #HumanEvolution #StoneTools
March 17, 2026 at 9:30 AM
🪨 Early Oldowan tech thrived during Pliocene environmental change in Kenya’s Turkana Basin.
#ICArEHB researchers Jonathan S. Reeves, René Bobe & Susana Carvalho with D. R. Braun et al. in Nature Communications: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41188262/
#Oldowan #HumanEvolution #StoneTools
#ICArEHB researchers Jonathan S. Reeves, René Bobe & Susana Carvalho with D. R. Braun et al. in Nature Communications: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41188262/
#Oldowan #HumanEvolution #StoneTools
We’re live! 🪨🛠️ Stone Tools soft-launch today, with the first proper post coming later this week. If you think retro-computing means more than just games, you’re in the right place.
#RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #OfficeOfTheFuture #SoftwareArchaeology #StoneTools
stonetools.ghost.io/introducing/
#RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #OfficeOfTheFuture #SoftwareArchaeology #StoneTools
stonetools.ghost.io/introducing/
Introducing “Stone Tools”
A blog about the productivity software of the 8/16-bit era. No games, just work.
stonetools.ghost.io
September 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
We’re live! 🪨🛠️ Stone Tools soft-launch today, with the first proper post coming later this week. If you think retro-computing means more than just games, you’re in the right place.
#RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #OfficeOfTheFuture #SoftwareArchaeology #StoneTools
stonetools.ghost.io/introducing/
#RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #OfficeOfTheFuture #SoftwareArchaeology #StoneTools
stonetools.ghost.io/introducing/
Just published❗: our take on the 'costly knapping hypothesis', where we challenge the idea that the costs of knapping can be used to infer the evolution of know-how copying in the hominin lineage. #archaeology #stonetools #humanevolution link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Costs of Early Stone Toolmaking cannot Establish the Presence of Know-how Copying - Human Nature
Compared to other apes, humans show a distinctive capacity for the cultural learning and transmission of know-how: we extract know-how from other individuals and artifacts in ways that regularly give ...
link.springer.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Just published❗: our take on the 'costly knapping hypothesis', where we challenge the idea that the costs of knapping can be used to infer the evolution of know-how copying in the hominin lineage. #archaeology #stonetools #humanevolution link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Recording Ep 2 of S4 of the #PalePostPodcast with the amazing Dr. George Nash and Genevieve von Petzinger! Look for the Season Premiere coming to your favorite app soon! Watch or listen to the premiere soon! #Paleoanthropology #Archaeology #RockArt #StoneTools #Lithics #Anthropology
Catch it soon!
Catch it soon!
May 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Recording Ep 2 of S4 of the #PalePostPodcast with the amazing Dr. George Nash and Genevieve von Petzinger! Look for the Season Premiere coming to your favorite app soon! Watch or listen to the premiere soon! #Paleoanthropology #Archaeology #RockArt #StoneTools #Lithics #Anthropology
Catch it soon!
Catch it soon!
Did early hominins use naturally shaped stone spheres as tools? A study of 1.7-million-year-old basalt spheres from Ethiopia suggests they did—long before knapping. #HumanEvolution #Archaeology #StoneTools #Hominins
The Mystery of the Melka Kunture Spheres: Did Early Hominins Use Naturally Shaped Stones as Tools?
Natural Spheres and Early Tool Use
www.anthropology.net
March 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Did early hominins use naturally shaped stone spheres as tools? A study of 1.7-million-year-old basalt spheres from Ethiopia suggests they did—long before knapping. #HumanEvolution #Archaeology #StoneTools #Hominins
New article!
'Lithic knapping strategies during the late Holocene: new analyses from Buterix 1, Eastern Cape, South Africa' in JAS: reports
Share Link valid until 05/12/25: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lxrL,rVDB...
#LSA #LaterStoneAge #Archaeology #Stonetools #lithics #SouthAfrica
'Lithic knapping strategies during the late Holocene: new analyses from Buterix 1, Eastern Cape, South Africa' in JAS: reports
Share Link valid until 05/12/25: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lxrL,rVDB...
#LSA #LaterStoneAge #Archaeology #Stonetools #lithics #SouthAfrica
October 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
New article!
'Lithic knapping strategies during the late Holocene: new analyses from Buterix 1, Eastern Cape, South Africa' in JAS: reports
Share Link valid until 05/12/25: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lxrL,rVDB...
#LSA #LaterStoneAge #Archaeology #Stonetools #lithics #SouthAfrica
'Lithic knapping strategies during the late Holocene: new analyses from Buterix 1, Eastern Cape, South Africa' in JAS: reports
Share Link valid until 05/12/25: authors.elsevier.com/a/1lxrL,rVDB...
#LSA #LaterStoneAge #Archaeology #Stonetools #lithics #SouthAfrica
A new paper has been published on the study of use wear on Palaeolithic stone tools, in which our @tracer-leiza.bsky.social y.social is involved.
Read now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#paleomonrepos #leizarchaeology #paleolithic #palaeolithic #stonetools #traceology #usewearanalysis
Read now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#paleomonrepos #leizarchaeology #paleolithic #palaeolithic #stonetools #traceology #usewearanalysis
April 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
A new paper has been published on the study of use wear on Palaeolithic stone tools, in which our @tracer-leiza.bsky.social y.social is involved.
Read now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#paleomonrepos #leizarchaeology #paleolithic #palaeolithic #stonetools #traceology #usewearanalysis
Read now: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#paleomonrepos #leizarchaeology #paleolithic #palaeolithic #stonetools #traceology #usewearanalysis
In preparation for our paper on the Aurignacian from Grotta della Cala (Campania, southern Italy), I am happy to share a large #OpenAccess datasets of high-resolution #3D meshes of #lithics and #bone tools (n = 423): zenodo.org/records/1416... 🏺
#Archaeology #StoneTools #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
#Archaeology #StoneTools #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
The Open Aurignacian Project. Volume 3: Grotta della Cala in southern Italy
Overview This repository houses a comprehensive dataset comprising high-resolution 3D meshes of lithic artifacts (n = 420) and bone tools (n = 3). Lithics include cores, blanks (e.g., blades, bladelet...
zenodo.org
January 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
In preparation for our paper on the Aurignacian from Grotta della Cala (Campania, southern Italy), I am happy to share a large #OpenAccess datasets of high-resolution #3D meshes of #lithics and #bone tools (n = 423): zenodo.org/records/1416... 🏺
#Archaeology #StoneTools #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
#Archaeology #StoneTools #FlintFriday #FossilFriday
Are you a fan of #Podcasts? Want to learn about our shared #HumanOrigins? Learn about #Neanderthals, #StoneTools, #RockArt, #Life and #Death in the ancient world, news stories, and so much more on the #PaleoiPostPodcast! Catch it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The Paleo Post Podcast - YouTube
The Paleo Post Podcast, launched by the World of Paleoanthropology, dives deep into the fascinating world of human evolution. Initially hosted by National Ge...
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Are you a fan of #Podcasts? Want to learn about our shared #HumanOrigins? Learn about #Neanderthals, #StoneTools, #RockArt, #Life and #Death in the ancient world, news stories, and so much more on the #PaleoiPostPodcast! Catch it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...