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Early humans produced technologically standardized bone tools 1.5 million years ago, transferring knapping skills from stone to bone. This innovation expanded their technological choices and hints at cognitive advances.
Coverage from 3 institutions
- New discoveries reveal systematic Production of bone tools 1.5 million years ago Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) · Mar 5, 2025 · first to report
- Prehistoric bone tool ‘factory’ hints at early development of abstract reasoning in human ancestors University College London · Mar 5, 2025
- The standardized production of bone tools by our ancestors pushed back one million years CNRS · Mar 5, 2025