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What is considered the oldest known tool?
What is considered the oldest known tool?
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The oldest known tool is the Oldowan stone tool, which dates back about 2.6 million years. These tools were used by early hominins for cutting and scraping.
Oldowan stone tools are simply the oldest recognisable tools which have been preserved in the archaeological record. There is a flourishing of Oldowan tools in eastern Africa, spreading to southern Africa, between 2.4 and 1.7 Ma.
Oldowan stone tools are simply the oldest recognisable tools which have been preserved in the archaeological record.