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“Systematic bone tool production at 1.5 million years ago” (1) Nature paper

“Over a million years ago, #Ancient #Human #ancestors sat down to shave flakes off bones, producing a tool with a carefully created sharp edge. …Their discovery, published today in #Nature, pushes back the age of a large bone tool kit by more than a million years.” — ABC story.

#science / #archeology / #tools <https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-03-06/ancient-humans-were-making-tools-from-bone-1-5-million-years-ago/104995810>

[1] de la Torre, I., Doyon, L., Benito-Calvo, A. et al. Systematic bone tool production at 1.5 million years ago. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08652-5