Oldest Stone Tools Ever Found Were Not Made by Human Hands, Study Suggests

2.9-million-year-old butchery site reopens case of who made first stone tools

Along the shores of Africa’s Lake Victoria in Kenya roughly 2.9 million years ago, early human ancestors used some of the oldest stone tools ever found to butcher hippos and pound plant material, according to new research led by an international team of scientists. The study presents what are likely to be the oldest examples of a hugely important stone-age innovation known to scientists as the Oldowan toolkit, as well as the oldest evidence of h…

2.9-million-year-old butchery site reopens case of who made first stone tools

According to new research led by researchers with the National Museums of Kenya, Liverpool John Moores University, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and

Stone Age discovery fuels mystery of who made early tools

A site in Kenya has yielded some of the oldest stone tools ever found — and fueled a mystery of who used them

'Whodunit' mystery arises over trove of prehistoric Kenyan stone tools

The Nyayanga site artifacts represent the oldest-known examples of a type of stone technology, called the Oldowan toolkit, that was revolutionary, enabling our forerunners to process diverse foods and expand their menu

Stone Age Discovery Fuels Mystery of Who Made Early Tools

Scientists assumed that our direct ancestors were the only toolmakers. But two big fossil teeth found along with the tools at the Kenyan site belong to an extinct human cousin known as Paranthropus

Sophisticated stone tools may predate humans, study suggests

 (CNN) — The discovery of 330 stone artifacts in Kenya that date back 2.9 million years is throwing light on a key question in human...