In modern-day Italy, the closest you will get to an elephant is in a zoo. But 400,000 years ago, a large species of straight-tusked elephants roamed Europe - and an unlucky few ended up on the dinner ...

Ancient humans could do some impressive things with elephant bones. In a new study, University of Colorado Boulder archaeologist Paola Villa and her colleagues surveyed tools excavated from a site in ...

A total of 27 bone tools found at Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge Technology breakthrough is earlier than previously thought Researchers suspect tool maker was species Homo erectus The 27 tools, discovered ...

The Elephant Man's Bones gives the impression of two artists journeying at their own pace to meet a mutual musical summit. The Elephant Man's Bones likely won't trouble the upper reaches of the ...

One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now northern Italy. Soon after, some scavengers arrived to dine on this huge ...

(Reuters) - An assemblage of tools found in Tanzania that was fashioned about 1.5 million years ago from the limb bones of elephants and hippos reveals what scientists are calling a technological ...