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The finding, along with the discovery of a 500,000-year-old hammer made of bone, indicates that our human ancestors were making tools even earlier than archaeologists thought. By Franz Lidz Early ...
Scientists found the oldest known elephant bone tool in Europe at a site in the United Kingdom where elephant remains are scarce. The 500,000-year-old tool was used for knapping, or breaking flint and ...
Photographs of battered areas of the elephant’s cortical bone. Credit: Simon A. Parfitt / CC BY 4.0 Archaeologists have identified a 500,000-year-old hammer made from elephant bone as the oldest tool ...
A separate study describes 480,000-old flint-knapping tools made from antler and elephant bone, from what is now the United Kingdom. Organic artefacts are a rare find because they’re less likely to ...
More than 30 years ago, archaeologists found a chunk of elephant bone while excavating a prehistoric site in southern England. This was somewhat unusual, as elephants and mammoths were rare in ...
A CRAFT OR HOBBY CAN BE life changing. Five years ago, Norwood resident Jay Padgett returned to a childhood fascination with flintknapping and is now ready to share his skills and passion for breaking ...
A roughly 500,000-year-old elephant bone hammer has been discovered in Boxgrove, England. This find is said to be the oldest tool of its kind ever found in Europe. Archaeologists from University ...
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