Ancient human relatives are reported to have transported stones over long distances to craft early tools, with evidence suggesting this occurred 600,000 years earlier than previously thought. The discovery of 2.6 million-year-old stone tools in locations such as Kenya and China has shed new light on the behavior of ancient human relatives, indicating they may have engaged in forward planning and long-distance movement of raw materials. However, the headlines do not all focus on the same aspect of ancient human behavior, with some mentioning unrelated discoveries and others touching on ancient human culture and trading.