Olduvai Gorge yielded ancient stone tools—and the bones of their makers. ... meaning “handy man,” because they believed this species was the maker of the stone tools discovered years earlier.

A total of 27 bone tools found at Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge Technology breakthrough is earlier than previously thought Researchers suspect tool maker was species Homo erectus The 27 tools ...

Twenty-seven standardized bone tools dating back more than 1.5 million years were recently discovered in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania by a team of scientists from the CNRS and l'Université de ...

In 1931, at the age of 28, Louis Leakey made his first trip to Olduvai Gorge, in what is now Tanzania. His goal: to prove that Africa – specifically East Africa, where he had been born and grown ...

A total of 27 bone tools found at Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge. ... Hippos were common in the area but elephants were not, meaning their bones were probably carried to Olduvai Gorge from elsewhere, ...

In Olduvai Gorge, archaeologists have discovered a range of bone tools thought to have been made and used by an ancestral human species of hominid called Homo habilis 1.5 million years ago.

Ancient human relatives crafted sharp-edged tools out of animal bones around 1.5 million years ago, researchers say. Discoveries at Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge, a famous East African fossil ...

An archaeological discovery in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania has changed our understanding of the technological evolution of early hominins. Researchers from the Spanish National Research Council ...

A newly discovered cache of 27 carved and sharpened bones from elephants and hippos found in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge site pushes back the date for ancient bone tool use by around 1 million years.

Olduvai Gorge yielded ancient stone tools—and the bones of their makers. ... meaning “handy man,” because they believed this species was the maker of the stone tools discovered years earlier.