Paleolithic Period, ancient cultural stage of human development marked by the use of rudimentary chipped stone tools. Traditionally, it has been considered to have begun with the Pleistocene Epoch 2.58 million years ago; however, tool discoveries made in 2015 suggest that it may have begun 3.3 million years ago.

Almost 150 artefacts (one pictured) - including anvils and hammer stones - seemingly crafted long before modern humans, were recovered from the desert badlands of north-western Kenya.

The Mayan people inhabited the Yucatán Peninsula from 2500BC to 1550AD. The basic principles of the Mayan religion were adapted from the Olmec and Teotihuacan people, prior to the seventh century AD.

Grimaldi Man were the first Early Modern Humans in Africa who migrated to Europe and the rest of the world after the evolution of Modern Man on the African Plains according to the Out Of Africa Theory. From The African Plains To Colonising Europe According to Dr. Stephen Oppenheimer,

Stone tools made 3.3 million years ago have been found in Kenya. James Mitchell Crow reports.

Since 2011 a team of archeologists, led by Dr. Michael Walker, has been excavating a cave in the southeast of Spain. They have found burnt rocks and

Prehistoric paintings in Phillipp's Cave, Usakos, Namibia. Stone tools found in this site have been dated to 3,500 BCE. This cave, 3km off the road, contains the famous white elephant painting....

Idea that modern humans evolved in East Africa 200,000 years ago challenged by extraordinary discovery of 300,000-year-old remains in Moroccan mine

In our new series, artists reflect on art, life and lessons learnt. Here, Antony Gormley RA explains how he first found his subject, why the arts are vital in education and why he’s ashamed of Brexit.

Israeli industrial designers Ami Drach and Dov Ganchrow's 'Man Made' collection is a modern take on Paleolithic tools.

New technology is accelerating archaeological discoveries at a rapid pace. Here are some of the greatest finds in recent history.

The 3.5ft humans were using stone tools in Indonesia 50,000 years ago

Frank Wiersema is a photographer who is specialized in showing what life must have looked like in various periods in history. Last year, he and Hunebedcentrum teamed up to make a photo series that showed various aspects of life with the Funnelbeaker people (the Hunebed builders). In the summer of 2015 he visited Steinzeitpark Dithmarschen […]

Bronze Age stone monuments that like life-size ships are often found with graves, but one researcher thinks these sites were useful for the living, too.

Over 2.6 million years, humans got more efficient at making stone tools.

Approximately between 1860 and 1930, in some cases even later, there was a discussion about flint findings from Paleocene to Pliocene strata which were similar to tools.

The Neolithic age brought with it a new set of tools early humans developed as their skill in stone-working developed. We have created a list of some of humanity's earliest known tools.

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The Mayan people inhabited the Yucatán Peninsula from 2500BC to 1550AD. The basic principles of the Mayan religion were adapted from the Olmec and Teotihuacan people, prior to the seventh century AD.