Archaeologists have long believed that humans didn’t start crafting tools from bone until between 250,000 and 500,000 years ...

For millions of years, early human ancestors relied on stone tools to shape their world. The discovery of a collection of 27 ...

This photo provided by the Spanish National Research Council shows a bone tool found in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge, at the CSIC-Pleistocene Archaeology Lab in Madrid in 2023.

The bone tools measure up to around 16 inches (40 centimeters), with the largest being a sharp blade made from the humerus of an elephant. A discovery at Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge pushes back the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a collection of bone tools in northern Tanzania that were shaped by ancient human ancestors 1.5 million years ago, making them the oldest known bone tools by about 1 ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a collection of bone tools in northern Tanzania that were shaped by ancient human ancestors 1.5 million years ago, making them the oldest known bone tools by about 1 ...

Until recently, the earliest clear evidence of bone tool making was from sites in Europe, dated to 400,000 years ago. But archaeologists have now found and dated bone tools in Tanzania that are a ...

Hominins in Tanzania crafted bone tools 1.5 million years ago, reveals study Ancient hominins from East Africa exhibited advanced skills in crafting tools from animal bones.

A cache of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools uncovered in Tanzania suggest ancient human ancestors were capable of critical thinking and advanced craftsmanship.