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science reporter Genelle Weule

2.9-million-year-old butchery site in Kenya suggests humans perhaps weren't first to use crafted stone tools

The hacked fossil remains of two hippos were found alongside crafted stone tools.  (Supplied: T.W. Plummer, Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropology Project)

Around 2.9 million years ago, an ancient hominin in East Africa butchered a hippopotamus and feasted on its pulverised flesh.

Leftovers from the hominin's meaty meal were recently discovered at a site on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya by an international team of archaeologists.

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