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First tools ever used on Earth were not made by early humans
Three-million-year-old tools found in Kenya reveal early humans' ability to cut food, butcher meat, and adapt to new diets.
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Stone Age Artisans Chose Their Materials For A Reason. A New Study Is Figuring Out Why
The human Stone Age was, undeniably, the first step on a journey towards the species total technological dominance – but it ...
5,500-Year-Old Stone Tools Reveal Surprising Secrets About Neolithic Farmers’ Diets
At a Neolithic settlement on the Danish island Funen dating back 5,500 years, archaeologists unearthed 14 Neolithic grinding ...
Ethiopian Highlands study examines stone tool decision-making process in early human history
An international study reveals how early humans, as far back as 1.5 million years ago, deliberately selected specific stones ...
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Hundreds of stone age tools found on Denbighshire housing site
An archaeological dig at a site earmarked for housing has uncovered more than 300 stone age tools and artefacts ... having been recorded in Spain and early hewn slabs made into rock constructions ...
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Giant stone artefacts found on rare Ice Age site in Kent
Researchers in Kent have unearthed some of the largest early prehistoric stone tools ever found in Britain. Excavations revealed artefacts in deep Ice Age sediments preserved on a hillside above ...