Researchers reexamining fossils identified telltale marks made by human ancestors cutting meat from bones. The discovery pushes back the date hominins started living in Europe by 200,000 years.

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Other scientists have reported sites in Eurasia and northern Africa with either hominin fossils, stone tools or butchered animal bones from around this time. Our recently published research adds ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago. A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and sharpened bones from elephants and hippos found ...

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Associated Press Thursday, March 6, 2025 9:49 a.m. | Thursday, March 6, 2025 9:49 a.m. WASHINGTON — Early humans were regularly using animal bones to make cutting tools 1.5 million years ago.