Homo erectus' tools include stunning geodes and fossils, possibly as a way to connect with the cosmos, study finds

Homo erectus may have deliberately selected rocks embedded with fossils and crystals to craft their hand axes — possibly to ...
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Something was making stone tools in China 600,000 years before Homo erectus showed up

Stone tools discovered in China date back as far as 2.4 million years. The oldest confirmed human fossils from the same region? Only 1.77 million years old. That gap, now significantly narrowed by new ...
Reuters

Tools made from elephant and hippo bones show ingenuity of human ancestors

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, discovered ...
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Million‑year‑old tools reveal early human sea crossing near ‘Hobbit’s’ island

Evidence from a remote site on Sulawesi reveals that ancient human relatives crossed a deep ocean barrier more than a million years ago. The discovery extends the earliest known human movements in ...
Ars Technica

Did Denisovans or Homo erectus make the oldest wooden tools in East Asia?

The find may require rethinking the so-called "Bamboo Hypothesis." I love these articles about pre-humans. The timescales really crack my brain. 10,000 years ago, the particulars of human existence ...
Digital Journal

Homo erectus, not sapiens, first humans to survive desert: study

A figure of Homo erectus, whose ruggedness and capabilities may have been going underestimated - Copyright AFP SAUL LOEB A figure of Homo erectus, whose ruggedness ...
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Scientists reveal Homo erectus mastered desert survival one million years ago

New evidence reveals Homo erectus mastered survival in Tanzania’s ancient deserts, proving they were adaptable generalists long before modern humans emerged. Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Image Credit: t.m ...