Evidence that humans heated stones as a step in tool making at least 72,000 years ago has been found on the southeastern tip of Africa, according to a study published in Science. “The most noticeable thing about heat-treated stone is that it has a luster or a gloss to it that’s fairly distinctive,” said Kyle […]

The World Archaeological Congress (WAC) is holding an international conference in Ramallah on “overcoming structural violence,” and the “negative impact of politics on archaeology.” The Israel Antiquities Authority claims not to have been invited, according to The Jerusalem Post. The WAC has responded that Israeli archaeologists were not intentionally excluded and that that conference was […]