Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago. A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and ...
Early humans began crafting stone tools more than 3 million years ago by chipping off flakes to form shapes and sharp edges in a process known as knapping. There was previously no evidence that our ...
The excavation of bone tools at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania expands the range of ancient hominids’ cultural innovations.
A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and ... or gnawing by other animals — ruling out the possibility that natural causes resulted in the tool shapes, she added. The bone tools date from ...
A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and sharpened ... who was not involved in the study. The bone show minimal signs of erosion, trampling or gnawing by other animals — ruling out the ...