Delagnes, A., Galland, A., Gravina, B. et al. 

Long-term behavioral adaptation of #Oldowan toolmakers to resource-constrained environments at 2.3 Ma in the Lower Omo Valley (#Ethiopia). 

Sci Rep 13, 14350 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40793-3

Ancient stone tools found in Kenya made by early humans

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64595418

#stoneage #toolmaking #Paranthropus #kenya #africa #oldowan

Op het schiereiland #Homa in West-#Kenia (Nyayanga) hebben #archeologen stenen #werktuigen gevonden van naar schatting 2,9 miljoen jaar oud. Het zou om de oudste werktuigen ooit gaan die zijn gemaakt met de #Oldowan-techniek.(1)
https://www.deingenieur.nl/artikel/het-eerste-slagersgereedschap-ooit

Who butchered this ancient hippo?

#Archaeologists in Kenya have unearthed dozens of #StoneTools scattered around the butchered bones of ancient #hippopotamus-like creatures. The site dates to between 2.6 and 3 million years ago, and pushes back the known start of large-animal butchering by early human relatives by at least 600,000 years. The tools are the earliest known example — by around 700,000 years — of #Oldowan tools, which became widespread across #Africa cont..

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00386-6

‘earlier than previously thought’ story of the week… “Sophisticated stone tools may predate humans, study suggests” - CNN #archaeology #Oldowan
https://apple.news/At0FnF9KqQVOsf7gwZSf44A

2,9 Millionen Jahre alte Werkzeuge entdeckt. In Kenia entdeckte Steinwerkzeuge werfen neues Licht auf den Ursprung der Oldowan-Technologie. #Oldowan #Menschheitsgeschichte #Steinzeit #Steinwerkzeuge https://www.scinexx.de/news/archaeologie/29-millionen-jahre-alte-werkzeuge-entdeckt/