Giant Stone-age Axes Found In African Lake Basin

ScienceDaily: "A giant African lake basin is providing information about possible migration routes and hunting practices of early humans in the Middle and Late Stone Age periods, between 150,000 and 10,000 years ago. Researchers have documented thousands of stone tools on the lake bed, which sheds new light on how humans in Africa adapted to several substantial climate change events during the period that coincided with the last Ice Age in Europe."

Archaeologists discover oldest-known fiber materials used by early humans

EurekAlert: "Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fiber materials that could have been used by humans for making clothing, shoes, and other items for domestic use. The fibers are flax, and are over 34,000 years old. Discovered in a cave in the Republic of Georgia, the excavation was led by a Harvard archaeologist."