They also push back the earliest date for Oldowan technology—a tradition of toolmaking in eastern Africa dating to the early Paleolithic—by hundreds of thousands of years. But with this new ...

In this video, we explore the timeline of human evolution, specifically focusing on the creation of the first stone tools.

The Oldowan stones are believed to be the oldest known examples of stone tool industry in the world. Their development around 2-3 million years ago represents a significant moment in our evolutionary ...

He emphasizes that the tools date to a period when hominins were transitioning from the relatively simple Oldowan tradition, which arose roughly 2.6 million years ago—the earliest stone tool ...

Excavations prior to the development of an industrial park in the town of Vaihingen an der Enz, in southwestern Germany, uncovered a vast prehistoric site where more than 1,100 structures and findings ...

Homo sapiens See text for extinct species. Homo is the genus that includes modern humans and their close relatives. The genus is estimated to be about 2.5 million years old, evolving from ...

Among the earliest finds were Oldowan stone tools dating between 2.6 and 1.7 million years ago, representing the world's earliest known tool industry. The team also discovered Acheulean industry ...

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