Ancient humans deliberately collected perforated shells in order to string them together as beads, according to a new study. Ancient humans deliberately collected perforated shells in order to string ...

Three sea-snail shells previously discovered at Stone Age sites in Israel and Algeria contain intentionally fashioned holes in their centers, making the finds the oldest known examples of personal ...

Deputy Editor Amanda Borschel-Dan is the host of The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, What Matters Now and Friday Focus podcasts and heads up The Times of Israel's features. Sometime around 160,000 ...

Who knew there were so many uses for walnut shells? In a recent Tempo article about the odd and amazing items exchanged on the Freecycle network, we reported that an Oak Park resident recently posted ...

Each year the Goschenhoppen Folk Festival, held in August, carries a different theme. These topics range from ‘wood’ or ‘iron’ to ‘lard’ or ‘the garden.’ A few years back the theme was ‘black walnuts ...