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Chimps Used Simple Tools 5 Million Years Ago

Posted by timothy on from the and-millions-of-VCRs-blink-12:00 dept.

David_Bloom writes: "Evidence that chimps have been using simple tools over 500 million years ago has been unveiled by an archeological dig in West Africa. Tragically, it will probably be another 500 million years before my mom figures out how to use the simple Windows taskbar. [sigh]" Update: 05/23 22:45 GMT by T : Actually, as the linked article really says, that should be five million, rather than 500 million.

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  1. By any chance... by Snafoo · · Score: 4, Funny

    By any chance, is your Mom named 'Lucy'?

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