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2.75-million-year-old stone tools may mark a turning point in human evolution

Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring wildfires, droughts, and dramatic environmental shifts. A study published in Nature ...

Hafted stone tools in China suggest early hominins were more inventive than thought

A newly excavated archaeological site in central China is reshaping long-held assumptions about early hominin behavior in ...
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Stone tools in human evolution : behavioral differences among technological primates / John J. Shea, Anthropology Department, Stony Brook University

ANTH copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift from the Margery Masinter Foundation Endowment for Illustrated Books. "In Stone Tools in Human Evolution, John J. Shea argues that over ...
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1.5 million-year-old stone tools from mystery human relative discovered in Indonesia — they reached the region before our species even existed

A handful of stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has pushed back the date that human relatives arrived in the region. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
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To craft early tools, ancient human relatives transported stones over long distances 600,000 years earlier than previously thought

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than 6 miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. The development of the Oldowan toolkit made it possible for ...
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To Craft Early Tools, Ancient Human Relatives Transported Stones Over Long Distances 600,000 Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

Oldowan stone tools made from a variety of raw materials sourced more than six miles away from where they were found in southwestern Kenya. In southwestern Kenya more than 2.6 million years ago, ...