May 8 (UPI) --When it came to selecting bones for leather-making tools, Neanderthals were surprisingly choosy. New archaeological analysis shows Neanderthals preferentially selected bovine rib bones ...

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A new study is presenting archeological evidence of the oldest known bone tools used for making clothes. The tools, found in a cave in Morocco, suggest humans were skinning animals for fur to wear as ...

Discoveries in a Moroccan cave have provided a rare look at how Stone Age people may have turned animal skins into clothing. Bone tools, including hide scrapers and stone-tool sharpeners, were ...

Leather is one of the most popular and versatile materials for creating handmade items. To work with it efficiently and effectively, a craftsman needs special tools. Regardless of experience, every ...