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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP15 Feb 2021 3:27 p.m. PST

"Dating as far back as 2.6 million years ago, the Oldowan tools were likely manufactured by Homo habilis, and are a major milestone in human evolutionary history.

"Our research sheds further light on our distant origins and evolutionary history," said co-author Professor Tristan Carter, a researcher in the Department of Anthropology at McMaster University.

"The exposed canyon wall reveals 2 million years of geological history and ancient sediments have preserved the stone artifacts remarkably, as well as human and faunal remains."…"

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