Now that our field school students have gained a good understanding of how early stone tools are made, it is time to find some stone tools in the field! (turkanabasin.org)
They argue that it's a «dubious proposition» to put forth fossil bone cutmarks as the primary evidence for early stone tool use. (sciencemag.org)
They «show that early humans (essentially proto - humans) used and made stone tools 3.3 million years ago, which is about 700,000 years earlier than the previously earliest known date for early stone tools,» Erella Hovers, who authored an accompanying «News & Views» article, told Discovery News. (seeker.com)