In the shadow of a coal mine in southern Greece, archaeologists discovered the oldest known handheld wooden tools ever found.

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Archaeologists have found the oldest-known surviving examples of handheld wooden tools.

Two unassuming pieces of wood recovered from a prehistoric lakeshore in southern Greece have become a headline-grabbing rarity - the oldest known handheld wooden tools, dated to around 430,000 years ...

LOWELL — Some people really dig Lowell. In fact, some people travel across oceans to dig Lowell. Audrey Horning, for example, recently arrived from Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland to ...

ATHENS, Greece — Deep in an open coal mine in southern Greece, researchers have discovered the antiquities-rich country’s oldest archaeological site, which dates to 700,000 years ago and is associated ...

Have you ever wanted to go on an archaeological dig, hiking and see historical artifacts? If so, there's one spot in Lubbock that combines all of these, along with being a national historic landmark, ...

ST. PAUL -- Visitors to Historic Fort Snelling can try making pottery, fire or even stone tools during a special Archaeology Fair and open house May 1-2. There will be free admission to the fort both ...

This prehistoric piece of alder found at the Marathousa 1 archaeological site in Greece might be the earliest wooden tool ...