Scientists Discover Prehistoric Stone Tools That Predate Human Existence
Archaeologist working in Kenya took a wrong turn while out in the desert, and that chance diversion resulted in the discovery of the oldest stone tools known to date.
Archaeologists working in Kenya took a left turn in a dry riverbed instead of right, and that chance diversion resulted in the discovery of the oldest stone tools known to date.
At an estimated 3.3 million years of age, their manufacture predates the existence of the Homo genus.
The find presents the possibility that modern science hasn’t been giving our very early ancestors as much credit as they deserve.
Said an archaeologist not affiliated with the study, "It suggests that species…might have been intel
Archaeologists working in Kenya took a left turn in a dry riverbed instead of right, and that chance diversion resulted in the discovery of the oldest stone tools known to date.
At an estimated 3.3 million years of age, their manufacture predates the existence of the Homo genus.
The find presents the possibility that modern science hasn’t been giving our very early ancestors as much credit as they deserve.
Said an archaeologist not affiliated with the study, "It suggests that species…might have been intel
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