Archaeologists found stone tools up to 3 million years old buried alongside fossils of Paranthropus in southwestern Kenya, providing evidence that a non-human hominin developed stone technology.
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- The 11 most astonishing scientific discoveries of 2023 (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abo7452 (science.org)
- https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/29-million-year-old-butchery-site-reopens-case-who-made-first-stone-tools (si.edu)
- https://www.sci.news/archaeology/nyayanga-oldowan-tools-11645.html (sci.news)
- https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/february/oldest-remains-ancient-human-relative-paranthropus-suggest-possible-tool-use.html (nhm.ac.uk)
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