A new analysis of 12,000-year-old stones from Israel shows that they may be the earliest evidence of this society-changing ...

Archaeologists study 12,000-year-old pebbles with central holes Pebbles may represent early rotational tool, aiding textile ...

The stones studied by the team predate the cart wheels of the Bronze Age by thousands of years, highlighting a key milestone ...

The wheel was likely invented around 6,000 years ago, but a new analysis of curious rocks from Israel suggests that ...

A rare glimpse into the Natufian culture and the transition from a hunter-gatherer society to an agricultural one.

These could be the earliest discovered spindle whorls, technology that was then seemingly lost for 4000 years.

Eggy brought some friendly competition to Atlanta on Halloween with "The Waiting Game Show," a special performance guided by childhood games.

Israeli archeologists use models based on their find to spin flax into yarn, indicating these pebbles were used as a version ...

Curious Cat Explores a Spinning Pottery Wheel ...

Over 100 small stone objects from Neolithic period are the earliest instance of 'spindle whorls,' used to spin fibers into ...

A collection of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be spindle whorls, representing a key milestone ...

When connected, they form a rudimentary wheel-and-axle mechanism that can spin fibers like wool or flax into yarn more ...