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Ice age humans in China crafted surprisingly advanced stone tools 146,000 years ago

Scientists in China discovered that ancient humans were making surprisingly advanced stone tools during a harsh ice age ...

An extinct human species made surprisingly creative butchery tools

The stone tools were found at the Lingjing archaeological site in central China. An early human species called Homo juluensis ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Human Ancestors Were Making Bone Tools One Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought

While early human ancestors started making stone tools at least 2.6 million years ago, bone tools took much longer to appear. The earliest signs of a regular use of bone tools hadn’t shown up in the ...
AOL

Neanderthal-like stone tools unearthed in China could rewrite human history

Archaeologists in China have found stone technology previously thought to have been used by Neanderthals in Europe, challenging our understanding of human evolution in East Asia. The Quina method of ...
KSL

Stone Age humans were picky about which rocks they used for making tools, study finds

WASHINGTON — Early human ancestors during the Old Stone Age were more picky about the rocks they used for making tools than previously known, according to research published Friday. Not only did these ...
insider.si.edu

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, ...