430,000-Year-Old Wooden Tools Are the Oldest Ever Found

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The finding, along with the discovery of a 500,000-year-old hammer made of bone, indicates that our human ancestors were making tools even earlier than archaeologists thought.

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PaleontologyArchaeology and AnthropologyWood and Wood ProductsRock and StoneToolsNatural History Museum (LondonUniversity of TubingenPNAS (Journal)Harvati, KaterinaGreat Britain

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