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Ancient Stone Tools Reveal Early Human Innovation Amid Climate Change

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Source: Nature
Ancient Stone Tools Reveal Early Human Innovation Amid Climate Change
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The study presents new evidence from the Turkana Basin, Kenya, showing that early Oldowan stone tool technology thrived during significant Pliocene environmental changes, with assemblages dating between 2.75 and 2.44 million years ago, and highlights the relationship between climate shifts, landscape transformations, and technological adaptations in early human ancestors.

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  1. Early Oldowan technology thrived during Pliocene environmental change in the Turkana Basin, Kenya  Nature
  2. Stone tool discovery suggests very first humans were inventors  BBC
  3. 2.75-million-year-old stone tools may mark a turning point in human evolution  Phys.org
  4. 2.75-million-year-old stone tools show hominin response to a hostile climate  EurekAlert!
  5. Ancient Stone Toolmaking Thrived Amid Environmental Changes in Kenya  SSBCrack News

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