The bone tools were created the same way tools were made from stone.

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A cache of 1.5 million-year-old bone tools uncovered in Tanzania suggest ancient human ancestors were capable of critical thinking and advanced craftsmanship.

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(CNN) — Archaeologists have uncovered a collection of bone tools in northern Tanzania that were shaped by ancient human ancestors 1.5 million years ago, making them the oldest known bone tools ...

But how did the production of stone tools—called "knapping"—start ... wide range of settings and thus may occur on the ...