Early humans relied on simple stone tools for 300,000 years in a changing east African landscape
The age of the oldest known Oldowan stone tools from east Turkana has been pushed back by 700,000 years.
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The age of the oldest known Oldowan stone tools from east Turkana has been pushed back by 700,000 years.
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