Cache of oldest bone tools reveals craftsmanship of early human ancestors
A cache of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools uncovered in Tanzania suggest ancient human ancestors were capable of critical ...
Time will tell: Geoscientists develop tool to chronicle unexplained gaps in the rock record
Iron oxide minerals are found in rocks around the globe. Some are magnetic, and some of them rust—especially when exposed to ...
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1.5 million-year-old bone tools crafted by human ancestors in Tanzania are oldest of their kind
The oldest human-crafted bone tools on record are 1.5 million years old, a finding that suggests our ancestors were much smarter than previously thought, a new study reports. The tools, made from ...
Ancient humans made tools from animal bones 1.5 million years ago
The bone tools date from more than a million years before our species, Homo sapiens, arose around 300,000 years ago.