Ancient humans made tools from animal bones 1.5 million years ago
The bone tools date from more than a million years before our species, Homo sapiens, arose around 300,000 years ago.
1.5 million years ago, human ancestors used hippo bones to make tools
New evidence uncovered in east Africa indicates ancient hominins began crafting tools from animal bones far earlier than ...
Trove of Ancient Axes Shows Early Humans Made Tools From Bones
Deep in a trench in Tanzania, researchers found dozens of tools crafted from animal bones some 1.5 million years old.
Tools made from elephant and hippo bones show ingenuity of human ancestors
An assemblage of tools found in Tanzania that was fashioned about 1.5 million years ago from the limb bones of elephants and ...
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1.5 mn-year-old bone tool factory in Africa hints at advanced cognition in early humans
These are the oldest mass-produced bone tools ever found, pushing back the timeline by a staggering one million years.
New fossil discovery of an early human ancestor reveals that it walked upright, just like humans
Paranthropus robustus was a species of prehistoric human that lived in South Africa about 2 million years ago, alongside Homo ...
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First Egyptian Pharaoh’s Tomb Discovered In Over A Century
This newly discovered Egyptian tomb belonging to a pharaoh marks the first major archeological find in over 100 years.
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Testing the perfumes of ancient Egypt
A unique opportunity to test ancient Egyptian perfumes is underway in an exhibition at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo’s Tahrir ...
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Where is the mummy? Egyptian archaeologists puzzled by the "find of the century"
The discovery of the previous tomb was the first such find since Tutankhamun's tomb was discovered more than a century ago.
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Galashiels man Piers Litherland on finding Thutmose II tomb
The Galashiels archaeologist said: “This was a sacred place where an all-powerful king, Thutmose II, was buried in secret by his wife, Hatshepsut, who has become, in modern eyes, one of the most ...
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Man confesses to killing Manhattan roommate after body parts found in East River, prosecutors say
The investigation started on Feb. 5, when police in the NYPD harbor boat unit found body parts, including a severed torso, in a duffel bag floating in the East River. Police eventually identified ...
‘Brain vitrification’: new research shows how the Vesuvius eruption turned a man’s brain to glass
A rare sequence of heating and cooling triggered the chain of chemical reactions that turn organic material into glass.