Earliest Evidence of Ivory Tool Production Dates Back 400,000 Years - Archaeology Magazine

Earliest Evidence of Ivory Tool Production Dates Back 400,000 Years - Archaeology Magazine

Worked mammoth tusk fragments, Ukraine MEDZHIBOZH, UKRAINE––The oldest evidence of ivory toolmaking was recently identified at the Paleolithic site of Medzhibozh A in the Southern Bug River valley, according to Phys.org. Researchers analyzed 24 fragments of mammoth tusk, eleven of which showed signs of intentional modification by humans 400,000 years ago. Six of these displayed evidence of knapping. Previously, the earliest known ivory tools wer…