Early hominin Paranthropus may have used sophisticated stone tools

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Early hominin Paranthropus may have used sophisticated stone tools
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Stone tools discovered in Kenya are the oldest Oldowan-type implements found, dating back at least 2.6 million years, and they may have been made by our relative Paranthropus

Captive orangutans that had never seen stone tools could work out how to use them to hit or cut things – but they couldn’t get the hang of making themCertain ancient stone tools were heated to over 200 °C to make them easier to shape – suggesting their makers had control over fireThe

remains of fish teeth at an archaeological site in Israel appear to have been cooked with controlled heat rather than directly exposed to fireUnlike people, 43 species of monkeys and apes are known to have so-called vocal membranes, which may prevent them from having precise voice control

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