A mammoth ivory tool unearthed in central Europe has offered a peek at how teamwork enabled Stone Age folks to make thick, sturdy ropes. Excavations and sediment screening at southwestern Germany’s ...

Years ago, archaeologists found a 35,000-year-old ivory artifact in a cave in Germany. Now, a study identified it as tool for weaving thicker ropes. Photo from H. Jensen and University of Tübingen via ...

The Pacific Daily News sat down with Juan Benavente, who donated a biradot, or rope-making machine, made out of ifit, to the Guam Museum, for a conversation about his memories of how the biradot was ...