August 11th, 2010
Earliest stone tool evidence revealed
August 11, 2010Until now the earliest evidence of stone tools was found at Gona in Ethiopia in 1994. The artifacts have been securely dated to 2.6 million years and were clearly manufactured, as opposed to shapes formed naturally by erosion or being tumbled in streams. They corresponded in size, shape and apparent usage to the most rudimentary stone tool technology, called Oldo