Ancient Humans Were Master Toolmakers: 500,000-Year-Old Elephant Bone Hammer Discovered

Archaeologists have identified a prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone dating back approximately 500,000 years at the Boxgrove site in West Sussex, England, according to researchers from UCL and the Natural History Museum, London. Published in Science Advances, the discovery represents the oldest known elephant bone tool ever unearthed in Europe, pushing back the timeline … Read more