Early humans made tools from bones

Early humans made tools from bones 1 million years sooner than scientists thought
Archeologists know early humans used stone to make tools long before the time of Homo sapiens. But a new discovery out this week in Nature suggests early humans in eastern Africa were also using animal bones - one million years earlier than
Oldest bone tools suggest early humans were smarter than we thought
Scientists have discovered 1.5-million-year-old bone tools, proving early humans had advanced skills much earlier than believed.
Ancient humans made tools from animal bones 1.5 million years ago
The bone tools date from more than a million years before our species, Homo sapiens, arose around 300,000 years ago.
Early humans started to produce standardized bone tools 1.5 million years ago
For millions of years, early human ancestors relied on stone tools to shape their world. The discovery of a collection of 27 standardized bone tools dating back 1.5 million years challenges long-held assumptions about early human innovation.
New research reveals ancient humans used animal bone tools much earlier than thought
The handcrafted tools found in Tanzania were made 1.5 million years ago and were fashioned primarily from the bones of elephants and hippopotamuses.
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 archaeological record until around 500,
Archaeologists uncovered a cache of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools. They’re trying to determine who made them
A cache of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools uncovered in Tanzania suggest ancient human ancestors were capable of critical ...
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Ancient Humans Crafted Deadly Wooden Weapons 300,000 Years Ago, Study Finds
Powerful new imaging techniques reveal humans were ... the age of the tools coincides with when Neanderthals were rising to dominance in Europe, outcompeting other early human species.
Prehistoric bone tool cache suggests advanced reasoning in early hominins
Now, researchers have uncovered a substantial cache of prehistoric bone tools in the same region dating back 1.5 million years. It's the oldest collection of mass-produced bone tools yet known, ...