Stone tools have been found at the Lomekwi 3 excavation site in Kenya that predate the **** genus.
According to Nature, the international weekly journal of science, the tools are the oldest ever discovered at 3.3 million years old. Previously we had thought that species within the **** genus were the first to learn how to use tools, but the genus only goes back 2.8 million years.
Some large stones were used as anvils upon which cores would be placed, while others were used as hammers in order to create stones with sharp edges. It is thought that these tools are actually too sophisticated to be the earliest examples, so the origins of tools may go back even further.
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According to Nature, the international weekly journal of science, the tools are the oldest ever discovered at 3.3 million years old. Previously we had thought that species within the **** genus were the first to learn how to use tools, but the genus only goes back 2.8 million years.
Some large stones were used as anvils upon which cores would be placed, while others were used as hammers in order to create stones with sharp edges. It is thought that these tools are actually too sophisticated to be the earliest examples, so the origins of tools may go back even further.
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