M odern chimpanzees select rock tools in similar ways to Oldowan hominins, early humans who used stone tools that date back to around 2.5 million years ago. According to a new study, these ...

“These patterns of stone selection parallel what is documented for Oldowan hominins,” the researchers noted. Oldowan tools, among the earliest known, date back roughly 2.5 million year ...

The team made the daily climb with all their excavation and photography equipment, weighing up to 50 pounds per person.

(Top row) Percussive tool found in 2016. (Second row from top) Oldowan core found in 2017. (Bottom rows) Oldowan flakes found in 2016 and 2017. The analysis of wear patterns on 30 of the stone ...

The stone appears well used ... The consequence of our ancestors’ innovating the sharper tools of the Oldowan is that all sorts of food in the African savanna, from the grasslands to the ...

Excavation at Ewass Oldupa uncovered the oldest Oldowan stone tools ever found at Oldupai Gorge, dating to ~2 million years ago and fossils of mammals, reptiles and birds. Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

At this time in human prehistory, Oldowan stone tool technology was involved in a dietary shift toward large mammal carcass consumption, an ecological transition that put our ancestors in direct ...

It has documented the evolution from the simple chopping tools and stone knives of the Oldowan industry (about 2 million years ago) to the more advanced Acheulean tools (1.7 million years ago ...

It has documented the evolution from the simple chopping tools and stone knives of the Oldowan industry (about 2 million years ago) to the more advanced Acheulean tools (1.7 million years ago ...