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World's Oldest Stone Tools Discovered In Kenya
sciencehabit writes: Researchers say they have found the oldest tools made by human ancestors—stone flakes dated to 3.3 million years ago. That's 700,000 years older than the oldest-known tools to date, suggesting that our ancestors were crafting tools several hundred thousand years before our genus Homo arrived on the scene. If correct, the new evidence could confirm disputed claims for very early tool use, and it suggests that ancient australopithecines like the famed 'Lucy' may have fashioned stone.
Considering that plenty of non-human ancestors also use tools I'm not sure how what they say shows tool use, also shows that it was a human-ancestor that used them.
...to bang the rocks together, guys.
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Before IS and their Al-Shabaab buddies come and blow those non-muslim relics to smithereens...
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Those little pesky ants do more things that most human can't even imagine
Other than digging tunnels, they operate farms and build bridges
If poking at bush babies with a broken stick to hurt them enough to come out to be eaten constitutes a tool, then Fongoli chimpanzees of Senegal (NYT article) use tools. At least the females do, the males do he-male things like chase down their prey. It is thought the females do this because they are not big and brawny like the males. Actually, the males just feel like they are losing their testosterone if they stoop to using tools...or asking the females which direction their prey went.
I mean, how can you tell rock flakes from 3.3 million year old corn flakes...
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I was wondering where I left those.
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
...still confuses management.
Are there any pictures of these stone flakes?
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"..and it suggests that ancient australopithecines like the famed 'Lucy' may have fashioned stone."
What. From lava?
Dont see prides of lions killing the pride next door just for shits and giggles or because a magical invisible sky lion tells them to do so
Shhhh...!
Don't be too loud or someone will convert them lions into Islam and they'll start mowing down each others with AK-47 !!
that claims to be one outside of the subject.
Sure beats my screwdriver that reads 'made in East Germany'
Good people go to bed earlier.
And for numerous centuries, "human-like" species from Europe and America mow down people in other parts of the world to spread hegemony and colonialism.
Why there are no photos of the found tools in the article? Do not archeologists have a photo-camera, or at least smartphone with a camera?
"World;s Oldest Stone"
That's Keith Richards isn't it?
Take them back to Sears and exchange them for new ones.
Seeing as chimps have been observed making and using tools, it would seem at least plausible that our common ancestor 4 to 6 million years ago was making and using tools too.
Chimps have been seen to make wooden tools (which obviously don't preserve very well in the fossil record), and to use stone tools. I don't know of them being observed to make stone tools, but that doesn't seem like it would be a huge leap.
So the difference between early man's use of tools and that of our co-chimpanzee ancestor was most likely just one of degree, if anything.
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Disney documentatary about orphaned boy chimp adopted by a male adult (unusual). They used stones to crack open nuts. It is not an easy skill to learn. They did not reshape the stones. This suggests stone tools used many million years earlier than than this.
To get likely first use age. Another example. oldest clothing evidence is about 30K years. But lice genetics points to clothing lice evolved about 70K years ago.
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Wait, you consider yourself a socialist.....and sent your kids to private school? Why, so all those "poors" don't contaminate your kids?
I love it when "liberals" or "socialists" don't want to send their kids to public school (but shame the other guy for not taking advantage). I bet you never vaccinated your kids either (just in case all those anti-vaxxers weren't full of shit). Do you live in silicon valley? because you would fit right in. /Neither liberal or democrat or republican. I'm a libertarian leaning more towards nihilism...more each day it seems...
Saw this earlier today. Chimps have now been documented making spears from scratch.
“The tools (spears) are made from living tree branches that are detached and then modified by removing all the side branches and leaves, as well as the flimsy terminal end of the branch. Some individuals further trim the tip of the tool with their teeth.”
http://www.middaydaily.com/female-chimps-the-possible-inventors-of-spears/2603/
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Or what exactly was your point?
I actually doubt people living on welfare (and what is wrong with that?) are common on
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Some time between now and November 2016, I would like to see one article about Africa that doesn't have a comment from some mouth-breather emoting all over the page about Obama.
Is that really too much to ask.
I am sick up to here of the bullshit.
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