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Kristina Killgrove

1.5 million-year-old bone tools crafted by human ancestors in Tanzania are oldest of their kind

A person with blue nitrile gloves on uses a dentist-type metal implement to carefully clean a bone tool.

The oldest human-crafted bone tools on record are 1.5 million years old, a finding that suggests our ancestors were much smarter than previously thought, a new study reports.

The tools, made from hippo and elephant leg bones, were discovered at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania and are a million years older than any previously found shaped bone tools.

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