1 day 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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

1 day 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 …

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.