The biology teacher's pedagogical toolbox is evolving. Bright colors, replicating computer code and a digital petri dish bring evolution science to life for students. Students often learn best when ...

Anthropologists have confirmed Charles Darwin's speculation that the evolution of unique features in the human hand was influenced by increased tool use in our ancestors. New research from ...

Recent discoveries of fossils have provided evidence suggesting intelligent tool use among pre-human species. This groundbreaking research has the potential to reshape our understanding of early ...

It's a long way from small, sharp shards of rock used in disassembling an African antelope killed by the same hands that made the proto-knives to the trigger of a computerized, laser-sighted, ...

Early stone toolmaking marks an important juncture in evolution. The Oldowan stone tools from Hadar, Ethiopia, are among the oldest known, dating back 2.3 million years. Shown from various angles are ...