20 hours ago · The discovery of 1.5-million-year-old bone tools in Tanzania suggests early human ancestors had advanced cognitive abilities and systematically crafted tools from bone much earlier than previously believed. A new study involving researchers from UCL and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) suggests that human ancestors had advanced ...

Bone has been used for making tools by virtually all hunter-gatherer societies, even when other materials were readily available. Any part of the skeleton can potentially be utilized; however, antlers [1] and long bones provide some of the best working material.

3 days ago · A collection of 27 1.5-million-year-old bone tools discovered in Tanzania shows early humans had an ability to systematically make tools about a million years earlier than scientists thought. The ...

Mar 7, 2025 · Early humans used animal bones to craft tools — more than a million years earlier than scientists previously thought, according to new research published this week. A group of researchers from...

Mar 5, 2025 · Here we document an assemblage of bone tools shaped by knapping found within a single stratigraphic horizon at Olduvai Gorge dated to 1.5 Ma. Large mammal limb bone fragments, mostly from...

Jun 29, 2022 · Early humans make bone tools. Experiments and microscopic studies show that early humans used the ends of these bone tools to dig in termite mounds. Through repeated use, the ends became rounded and polished. Termites are rich in protein and would have been a nutritious source of food for Paranthropus robustus.

Mar 5, 2025 · Discoveries at Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge, a famous East African fossil location, represent the oldest known evidence of systematic bone tool production by hominids, according to archaeologist...

Mar 5, 2025 · 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. Researchers know that early people made simple tools from stones as early as 3.3 million years ago.

20 hours ago · Heavy-duty bone tools like those found at T69 may not have been as good at cutting as the Acheulean stone tools were, prompting people to stop making them. “If something works better, you go with the thing that works better,” says Bello. When people then reinvented bone tools a million years later, they may have used them for different ...

Mar 5, 2025 · 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.