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.
Early humans started to produce standardized bone tools 1.5 million years ago
For millions of years, early human ancestors relied on stone tools to shape their world. The discovery of a collection of 27 standardized bone tools dating back 1.5 million years challenges long-held assumptions about early human innovation.
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A group of scientists have discovered some 27 bone tools made some 1.5 million years ago by ancient humans in Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, East Africa.
Discovery of 1.5-Million-Year-Old Bone Tools Rewrites Early Human History
The development of tool technology is considered a pivotal step in human evolution. Deliberately shaped stones are thought to have emerged in cultures more ancient than our own genus Homo to strip more marrow and meat from kills, which in turn may have played a key role in our own evolutionary success.
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, were discovered at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania and are a million years older than any previously found shaped bone tools.
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 1.5 million years ago.
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.
Humans Have Been Producing Bone Tools For Over 1 Million Years Longer Than We Thought
These were not just random tools made opportunistically, but show a consistent manufacturing process that must have been culturally transmitted.
Ancient humans used bone tools one million years earlier than thought
Objects discovered in Tanzania and dated to 1.5 million years ago help to rewrite human ancestors’ use of carved bone implements.
Human ancestors made the oldest known bone tools 1.5 million years ago
The excavation of bone tools at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania expands the range of ancient hominids’ cultural innovations.
‘Toolbox’ find in Tanzania pushes back bone tool use by 1 million years
The bone tools measure up to around 16 inches (40 centimeters), with the largest being a sharp blade made from the humerus of ...
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Findings in the Olduvai Gorge Reveal That Our Primitive Ancestors Were Already Making Bone Tools 1.5 Million Years Ago
An archaeological discovery in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania has changed our understanding of the technological evolution of ...