Archaeologists in Kenya have dug up some of the oldest stone tools ever found, but who used them is a mystery.
This photo provided by the Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropology Project shows an Oldowan flake at the Nyayanga site in southwestern Kenya in 2017. Archaeologists in Kenya have dug up some of the oldest stone tools ever found, dating back to around 2.9 million years ago, but who used them is a mystery, according to a study published Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in the journal Science.
NEW YORK — In the past, scientists assumed that our direct ancestors were the only toolmakers. But two big fossil teeth found along with the tools at the Kenyan site belong to an extinct human cousin known as Paranthropus, according to a
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