[Rockhounds] 1.5-million-year-old bone tools discovered in Tanzania

[Paul]

1.5-million-year-old bone tools
discovered in Tanzania are the oldest
ever, reshaping early hominin technology
by Dario Radley, Archaeology Magazine, March 6, 2025
https://archaeologymag.com/2025/03/1-5-million-year-old-bone-tools-tanzania/

New research reveals ancient humans used 
animal bone tools much earlier than thought
By Chandelis Duster, National Public Radio, March 7, 2025
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/07/nx-s1-5319310/bone-tools-humans-acheulean

The open access paper is:

de la Torre, I., Doyon, L., Benito-Calvo, A., Mora, 
R., Mwakyoma, I., Njau, J.K., Peters, R.F., 
Theodoropoulou, A. and d’Errico, F., 2025. 
Systematic bone tool production at 1.5 million 
years ago. Nature, Published: 05 March 2025
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08652-5

Yours,

Paul H.