Ancient stone tools found in Kenya made by early humans
Other branches of early humans, not just ancestors of Homo Sapiens, used them to cut and crush food.
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Other branches of early humans, not just ancestors of Homo Sapiens, used them to cut and crush food.
A toolkit has been found along the shores of Africa’s Lake Victoria, dating from around 300,000 years earlier than similar human examples
Finds in Kenya push Oldowan tool use back to around 2.9 million years ago, roughly 300,000 years earlier than previous evidence.
<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="http://www.metro.us/stone-age-discovery-fuels-mystery-of-who-made-early-tools/"></div>NEW YORK (AP) — Archaeologists in Kenya have dug up some of the oldest stone tools ever found, but who used them is a mystery. In the past, scientists assumed that our direct ancestors were the only toolmakers. But two big fossil teeth found along with the tools at the Kenyan site belong to an […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filte...
Discovery of stone tools and cut-marked animal bones in Kenya offers window into the dawn of stone technology.