The bone tools were created the same way tools were made from stone.

A cache of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools uncovered in Tanzania suggest ancient human ancestors were capable of critical thinking and advanced craftsmanship.

Bone artifacts discovered in Tanzania push back the earliest known date of bone tool technology by over a million years.

In January, archaeologists found ancient tools made from stone that are three million years old, and now, a group of scientists have found man-made tools that are even more advanced. According to a ...

Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago. A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and ...

Early humans began crafting stone tools more than 3 million years ago by chipping off flakes to form shapes and sharp edges in a process known as knapping. There was previously no evidence that our ...

New evidence uncovered in east Africa indicates ancient hominins began crafting tools from animal bones far earlier than previously thought. If confirmed, our human ancestors started shaping bones by ...

The excavation of bone tools at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania expands the range of ancient hominids’ cultural innovations.

Analysis - The ancestors of humans started making tools about 3.3 million years ago. First they made them out of stone, then ...

Bone tool carved on an elephant humerus 1.5 million years ago. Credit: CSIC An archaeological discovery in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania has changed our understanding of the technological evolution of ...

An assemblage of tools found in Tanzania that was fashioned about 1.5 million years ago from the limb bones of elephants and hippos reveals what scientists are calling a technological breakthrough for ...

I am a scientist who co-directs a multidisciplinary research project team at the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, focusing on hominin evolution. Our project’s main goal has been to investigate the changes ...