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Forget weapons. The first human tool might have been something much simpler: a container to hold and carry precious things. A new database of 793 prehistoric containers is rewriting our understanding of what made early humans so successful.
Archaeologists discovered the oldest known wooden tool ever found, a 430,000-year-old digging stick crafted by ancient humans in what is now Greece. The rare find offers a glimpse into how our distant ancestors lived and worked long before the Stone Age.
Scientists just identified a mysterious bone fragment from 1990s England as a sophisticated hammer crafted by early humans who lived 200,000 years before our species even existed. The discovery reveals our ancient ancestors were far more innovative than we thought.