This is proof that tools were used not only the ancestors of Homo Sapiens, but also other branches of early humans.
Archaeologists in Kenya have discovered some of the most ancient stone tools ever used by ancient people. They are 2.9 million years old.
This is proof that tools were used not only by the ancestors of Homo Sapiens, but also by other branches of early humans.
This is reported by the BBC.< /p>
According to the researchers, the tools were used to dismember large animals, such as hippopotamuses, as well as crush plants, root crops, fruits.
Two large fossil teeth found at the site belong to an extinct species of anthropoid , known as Paranthropus.
Scientists previously believed that the tools of the Olduvai culture (the most primitive stone-working culture) were used only by the ancestors of Homo sapiens, a group that includes our species and our closest relatives.
However, at the site of excavations on the Homa Peninsula in western Kenya, no fossils of Homo Sapien were found.
Scientists have identified two strong teeth belonging to a member of the Paranthropus genus, which combined the features of an ape and a man, and next to them – 330 stone tools.< /p>
