Archaeology: Tools go back in time
@article{Hovers2015ArchaeologyTG, title={Archaeology: Tools go back in time}, author={E. Hovers}, journal={Nature}, year={2015}, volume={521}, pages={294-295} }
The finding of 3.3-million-year-old stone flints, cores, hammers and anvils in Kenya suggests that the first stone tools were made by human ancestors that pre-dated the earliest known members of the genus Homo. See Article p.310
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