Fragment of projectile point from the cave site of Isturitz (Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France), made of bone from right whale or bowhead whale, dated to 17,300-16,700 years before present, curated at the ...

Artifacts found at archeological sites in France and Spain along the Bay of Biscay shoreline show that humans have been crafting tools from whale bones since more than 20,000 years ago ...

The copied-and-pasted description of the viral image read "Whales have arm, wrist & finger bones in their front fins. This is the front fin bones of a Grey whale." We tracked down the source of ...

A new study reveals that humans used whale bones as tools 20,000 years ago, unlocking secrets of ancient coastal life and ocean ecology. (CREDIT: Domenic Biagini and Gone Whale Watching) ...

One by one, the students study, sketch and measure their individual bones. The 164 pieces once belonged to a gray whale that swam through Puget Sound. Now, they’re part of a scientific and ...

Western Europeans crafted hunting weapons out of bones from whales stranded on the Atlantic shoreline between 20,000 and 14,000 years ago, researchers report May 27 in Nature Communications ...

Whale bones retrieved from prehistoric shores are shedding light on how humans lived—and hunted—along Europe's vanished coastlines.

A gray whale that washed ashore on Vashon Island offers a rare opportunity for students and community members to study and reconstruct its skeleton.

Humans were making tools from whale bones as far back as 20,000 years ago, according to a study conducted by scientists from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the ...

Credit: K. McGrath et al. Our study reveals that the bones belonged to at least five species of large whales, and the oldest date back to approximately 19,000 to 20,000 years ago. These bones are some ...

🔥 Whales have arm, wrist & finger bones in their front fins. This is the front fin bones of a Grey whale. by u/Browndog888 in NatureIsFuckingLit ...