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

However, at Olduvai Gorge – the site where Homo habilis's discovery reshaped the human family tree – paleontologists have found many bone tools dated to 1.5 million years ago. The gorge is so ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ancient human relatives crafted sharp-edged tools out of animal bones around 1.5 million years ago, researchers say. Discoveries at Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge, a famous East African fossil ...

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.

The handcrafted tools found in Tanzania were made 1.5 million years ago and were fashioned primarily from the bones of elephants and hippopotamuses.

A famous prehistoric cave site in Belgium has yielded the oldest multifunctional tool of its kind. This Ice Age “Swiss Army ...

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.