5 of the oldest human fossils ever found and the fascinating stories behind them
Fossils are like time capsules, offering us a rare chance to glimpse the distant past. Over the years, a number of ancient ...
Tools made from elephant and hippo bones show ingenuity of human ancestors
An assemblage of tools found in Tanzania that was fashioned about 1.5 million years ago from the limb bones of elephants and ...
Oldest Known Bone Tools Challenge Our Understanding of Human Evolution
The discovery of 1.5-million-year-old bone tools in Tanzania suggests early human ancestors had advanced cognitive abilities ...
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The early origins of bone-tool manufacturing traditions by hominins 1.5 million years ago
The newly discovered bone tools from Olduvai contribute to our understanding of how hominins engaged with technology to solve the problems that they faced, and how this relationship with ...