Early stone tool making more sophisticated than originally thought

Professor John Gowlett and his team made the discovery at this site in Kilombe, Kenya

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have found that long and slender stone tools were made by human ancestors at least a million years ago – nearly twice as long ago as generally thought.

Materials such as branches, twigs, and stems were readily available to both animal and human tool makers from millions of years ago, but research at Liverpool has now shown that elongate forms were also made out of stone by human ancestors much earlier than is usually recognised.

Professor John Gowlett, as a member of an international team based on the University’s Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, is working at Kilombe in Kenya, where he has found a number of hand axe tools that are very long and narrow. [...] news.liv.ac.uk


Actualización 03-11-13. Hallan en Kilombe (Kenia) hachas de mano de un millón de años más sofisticadas en tamaño y forma
Investigadores de la Universidad de Liverpool han descubierto que herramientas de piedra largas y delgadas fueron hechas por ancestros humanos hace por lo menos un millón de años, casi el doble de tiempo de lo que generalmente se pensaba...