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Flint chopping tools were used by early humans beginning 2.6 million years ago to break animal bones and release the high-calorie marrow inside, a study has found. Researchers led from Germany and Isreal analysed the function of 53 similar chopping tools found at the 400,000-year old site of Revadim, east of Ashdod. Each chopping tool … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Investors down tools at housebuilder Persimmon with shares down 6.2% as it warns of an uncertain few months ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic By Lucy White City Correspondent For The Daily Mail Published: 21:56 GMT, 13 January 2021 | Updated: 21:56 GMT, 13 January 2021 Housebuilder Persimmon was down in the doldrums after … Read more
In recent years, the drive for people to become greener and reduce their carbon footprint has become a hot topic. Whilst the Government is working on schemes to help ensure we are all more environmentally friendly, there is much we can do as individuals to cut our emissions. However, some may struggle with knowing whether … Read more
Early humans living two million years ago already had the skills and tools they needed in order to cope with the effects of climate change, study shows. Archaeologists from the Max Planck Institute studied changes to the environment and habitats of early hominins at the Oldupai Gorge heritage site in Tanzania. Also known as the … Read more
The ability of ancient humans to master tools coincided with their ability to teach others, a new study says. UK researchers conducted experiments designed to replicate the evolution of human-made tools over several hundred years with pipe cleaners and bits of paper. The experts found that participants who taught each other made the most rapid … Read more
It will take a true puzzle enthusiast to find the witch’s broom that has been craftily hidden in this Halloween-themed brainteaser challenge. The testing scene, created by UK-based Ace Sheds, challenges participants to find a broomstick left in the garden shed by a careless witch. Creators of the puzzle claim the current record for locating … Read more
Ancient artefacts and tools discovered on the Danish island of Zealand hint at the fact Neanderthals lived there 120,000 years ago. The ancient human relative is known to have lived in Eurasia at this time, but the presence on a piece of land separated from the mainland by 30 miles of sea indicates an element … Read more
Clever ants use grains of sand as ‘tools’ to reach their food when faced with the risk of drowning, study finds Researchers wanted to see if black imported fire ants used some tools Using tools is seen as a sign of animal intelligence, mostly observed in primates Ants used sand to build a structure that … Read more
Fire was used to make tools by our early human ancestors some 300,000 years ago, an analysis of flint blades unearthed in a cave east of Tel Aviv has revealed. Researchers from Israel studied stone blades, flakes and pot-lids from the Qesem cave — and discovered evidence that they had been exposed to controlled fires. Exposing … Read more
A former Builder of the Year who appeared on Channel 4’s Love It Or List It has been accused of downing tools midway through a £77,000 home extension job. Terry Bodley, 74, was hired by Adam Lewis to carry out the extension at his home in Billesley, Birmingham. Mr Lewis, 46, lives in the three-bedroom … Read more