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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly

65,000 year-old ‘Swiss Army knife’ proves ancient humans shared knowledge, research says

Stone tools
Stone tools discovered made to a common design and template across thousands of kilometres in southern Africa. Photograph: Australian Museum

A 65,000-year-old tool – a kind of ancient Swiss Army knife – found across southern Africa has provided scientists with proof that the ancestors of modern homo sapiens were communicating with each other.

In a world first, a team of international scientists have found early humans across the continent made the stone tool in exactly the same shape, using the same template, showing that they shared knowledge with each other.

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