Early humans in England used elephant bone to sharpen stone tools, revealing advanced planning, material knowledge, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Handaxe from the Boxgrove paleosol horizon (locality Q2/GTP 17). (CREDIT: Science Advances) The earliest hominins in Europe shared ...

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A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a million years ago, has been uncovered in southern England and analyzed by archaeologists from UCL and the Natural ...

A roughly 500,000-year-old elephant bone hammer has been discovered in Boxgrove, England. This find is said to be the oldest tool of its kind ever found in Europe. Archaeologists from University ...

Archaeologists have unlocked the secrets of a “remarkable” 500,000-year-old elephant bone hammer which they say is the oldest of its kind in Europe. The 11-centimetre-long fragment was first uncovered ...

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One of the world’s oldest tools made from elephant bone has been discovered in the UK. The extraordinary hammer offers new insight into the lives of ancient humans living in southern England 480,000 ...

A closeup of the elephant bone tool’s striking surface, showing the marks of it being struck against flint tools. A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a ...