Ancient Humans Made Tools From Animal Bones 1.5 Million Years Ago
Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago. A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and sharpened bones from elephants and hippos found in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge site pushes back the date for ancient bone tool use by around 1 million years.
Brainy humans were making tools from BONES a million years earlier than we thought after ancient DIY trove discovered
OUR ancient ancestors were churning out bone tools 1.5 million years ago – a million years earlier than we thought. Dozens of tools belonging to the handy lot have been found, rewriting the
Trove of Ancient Axes Shows Early Humans Made Tools From Bones
Deep in a trench in Tanzania, researchers found dozens of tools crafted from animal bones some 1.5 million years old.
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 thinking and advanced craftsmanship.
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 hippos reveals what scientists are calling a technological breakthrough for the human evolutionary lineage - systematic production of implements made from a material other than stone.
1.5 million years ago, human ancestors used hippo bones to make tools
New evidence uncovered in east Africa indicates ancient hominins began crafting tools from animal bones far earlier than previously thought. If confirmed, our human ancestors started shaping bones by striking them at specific angles in a process known as knapping as much as 1.
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 hippo and elephant leg bones,
Email trove reveals CFPB turmoil after Vought’s work stoppage
Hundreds of pages of communications reveal the internal chaos at agency after acting director Russell Vought ordered a total stoppage of all “work tasks.” ...
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New “Gentle Giant” Titanosaur Species Found In Rare 78-Million-Year-Old Fossil Trove
A new-to-science species of titanosaur has been described by a team of palaeontologists working in the Anacleto Formation ...
A Trove of Old Masters Worth At Least $80 Million to Be Auctioned at Sotheby’s
A collection put together by Thomas A. Saunders III, a former chairman of the Heritage Foundation, and his wife, Jordan, is ...