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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, ...
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Stone tool discovery could offer new clue in mystery of ancient ‘hobbit’ humans

Archaeologists have uncovered primitive sharp-edged stone tools on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, adding another piece to an evolutionary puzzle involving mysterious ancient humans who lived in a ...
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Stone Age humans were picky about which rocks they used for making tools, study finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...
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115,000-year-old footprints found in a place where humans weren’t supposed to be

Across a wind-swept basin in Saudi Arabia’s Nefud Desert, a now-vanished lake once attracted wildlife during a brief climatic ...