Browsing an estate sale, yard sale or even an antique shop, shoppers might be looking for any number of items that pique their interest. But items such as hand tools are often overlooked. With grease ...

Archaeologists found 1.5-million-year-old hand fossils belonging to an ape-like early human relative. The shape of the bones suggest that their owner, a species called Paranthropus boisei, was capable ...

Archaeologists in Kent, England have unearthed a collection of prehistoric hand axes that are among the largest and oldest known stone tools found in Britain. The ancient artifacts, two of which ...

Members of the Early American Industries Association (EAIA) and the Mid-West Tools Collectors Association (M-WTCA) will be holding their 31st annual Antique Tool Show & Sale at the Garfield Farm ...

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Hand axes are fairly common finds at sites dating between 2 million and 1 million years old. These sturdy tools have two sides (also called faces) and a sharp edge at one end. But hand axes are ...