The Clovis, some of North America’s earliest inhabitants, only made stone tools during a brief 300-year period from 13,050 to 12,750 years ago, new research shows. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/clovis-stone-tools-300-years…
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Ancient humans harnessed fire to make stone tools 300,000 years ago
Certain ancient stone tools were heated to over 200 °C to make them easier to shape – suggesting their makers had control over fire Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2256199-ancient-humans-harnessed-fire-to-make-stone-tools-300000-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
First Americans may have arrived to the continent 30,000 years ago
A cave in Mexico has human-made stone tools dating to about 30,000 years ago. Source: https://www.livescience.com/first-north-americans-30000-years-ago.html
Divers Find Evidence of Prehistoric Mining Operation in North America
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Experts and cave divers in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula have found ocher mines that are some of the oldest on the continent. Ancient skeletons were found in the narrow, twisting labyrinths of now-submerged sinkhole caves… The discovery of remains of human-set fires, stacked mining debris, simple stone tools, navigational aids and digging sites suggest humans went…
Ancient humans scavenged this enormous elephant 300,000 years ago
The elephant likely died of old age, and stone tools nearby indicate it was scavenged. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-elephant-scavenged.html
Ancient humans in India survived Toba super-volcano eruption
The Toba super-volcano eruption 74,000 years ago was 5,000 times larger than that of Mount St. Helens. Somehow, ancient human populations in India survived it. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/humans-india-survived-toba-super-volcano…
Homo erectus may have used two different kinds of tools
Skull fragments from Homo erectus found alongside stone tools in Ethiopia suggest the ancient hominin used more tool technology than we thought Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2236527-homo-erectus-may-have-used-two-different-kinds-of-tools/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Homo erectus used two different kinds of stone tools
Skull fragments from Homo erectus found alongside stone tools in Ethiopia suggest the ancient hominin used more tool technology than we thought Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2236527-homo-erectus-used-two-different-kinds-of-stone-tools/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Some monkeys reuse their stone tools but others just chuck them away
The monkeys on one Asian island reuse their stone tools many times – but on an island just 9 km away the monkeys throw their tools away after a few uses Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2221222-some-monkeys-reuse-their-stone-tools-but-others-just-chuck-them-away/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Tool-use became widespread 10,000 years earlier than we thought
The discovery of an ancient collection of tools suggests that our ancient ancestors began using stone tools on a regular basis about 2.6 million years ago Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2205065-tool-use-became-widespread-10000-years-earlier-than-we-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…