Stone arrowheads, produced through a process known as knapping, are a major focus of events like the Bald Eagle Knap-In Primitive Arts Festival held annually by the Susquehanna Valley Flint Knappers ...

Sharp stone technology chipped over three million years allowed early humans to exploit animal and plant food resources, which in turn played a large role in increasing human brain size and ...

Sharp stone technology chipped over three million years allowed early humans to exploit animal and plant food resources, which in turn played a large role in increasing human brain size and ...

Wapakoneta native Adam Chanthasit performed a flint knapping demonstration at Homeless Books on Feb. 22. Knapping is an ancient, skilled process used in shaping brittle stone —such as ...

The Palaeolithic archaeological record in Britain captures a rather sudden increase in stone knapping skills around half a million years ago, indicating that a major milestone in human evolution may ...

Innovations in stone knapping technology during the South African Middle Stone Age enabled the creation of early projectile weapons, according to a study. Innovations in stone knapping technology ...

Every day, hundreds of stone artifact enthusiasts around the world sit down and begin striking a stone with special tools attempting to craft the perfect arrowhead or knife. This craft is known as ...

John C. Whittaker, an archaeologist, has long crafted such tools for experimental purposes, to see how they were used, how much effort it took to make them, and what the waste products of manufacture ...