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Stephen Beech

Earliest Evidence Of Our Ancestors Using Tools 3 Million Years Ago Unearthed

Paranthropus molars recovered from Nyayanga site. (S. E. Bailey, Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropology Project via SWNS)

The earliest evidence of human ancestors using tools to butcher meat up to three million years ago has been unearthed in present-day Kenya.

The hominins were employing some of the oldest stone implements ever found to cut up hippos and pound plant material on the shores of Lake Victoria.

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