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 ...

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 ...

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