Nine-year-old Ben from West Sussex, England reportedly made an extraordinary discovery on a random beach day. This happened ...

Ben Witten found an unusual rock on an English beach when he was 6. It turned out to be an exceedingly rare hand ax made by Neanderthals, tens of thousands of years ago.

It’s not so uncommon for a 6-year-old boy on a trip to the beach to become enamored with a uniquely shaped rock. It’s just a ...

But upon closer inspection, it turned out to be nothing short of the real thing: a rare Neanderthal axe from a significant moment in the hominin’s history, making it the second ever found in Sussex.

A nine-year-old boy from Sussex, England, made a remarkable discovery while exploring Shoreham Beach in 2021. What seemed ...

The 6-year-old boy found the rock and then didn't tell anyone for three years. But a new examination reveals it was made by some of the last Neanderthals.

The artifact is now on display at a museum in southern England. Experts say the find is "so rare that most qualified ...

Announcing the young boy’s historic discovery on Facebook, the Worthing Museum said, “The hand axe dates to the Late Middle ...

Neanderthal hand axes are rare in Sussex; this is the first to be found in years, making Ben's discovery doubly special.

The boy — identified by Worthing Museum as Ben Witten, now 9 years old — discovered a shiny rock at Shoreham Beach in Sussex.

MADISON, Wis. — Not a single Gophers football player touched Paul Bunyan’s Axe from 2004-17, so there was no chance to start or even rekindle a tradition for when they got their hands on the ...

One hypothesis suggests that Neanderthal children may have been the primary collectors. Indeed, a milk tooth found nearby reinforces the notion of a juvenile contribution to the act, evoking ...