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Ancient Stone Tools Mark a Key Milestone in Human Evolution

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Ancient Stone Tools Mark a Key Milestone in Human Evolution
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A study in Nature Communications uncovers 2.7-million-year-old stone tools in Kenya's Turkana Basin, demonstrating a long-standing tradition of toolmaking that helped early humans adapt to environmental changes over nearly 300,000 years, highlighting their resilience and technological continuity.

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  1. 2.7-million-year-old tools reveal humanity’s first great innovation  ScienceDaily
  2. Stone tool discovery suggests very first humans were inventors  BBC
  3. Early Oldowan technology thrived during Pliocene environmental change in the Turkana Basin, Kenya  Nature
  4. Archaeologists Find 2.75-Million-Year-Old Stone Tools in Kenya  Sci.News
  5. 2.75-million-year-old stone tools may mark a turning point in human evolution  Phys.org

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