Specialised tools found at the site, such as hand axes, scrapers and cleavers, showed that Homo erectus had also worked out how to process animal carcasses. The bones of animals such as cows ...

Ignacio de la Torre, co-director of the excavation and a CSIC researcher, says the bone tools are from the Acheulean period, ...

In a recent study, researchers highlighted that the discovery of bone tools constructed by ancient humans indicates how ...

But after that point, they crafted a diverse array of stone tools. One type, known as a hand ax, is a large, teardrop-shaped stone with a double-sided edge. Hominins also made cleavers and ...

Olorgesailie is a trove of in situ prehistoric materials, including hand axes, armor stones ... found at Olorgesailie are associated with Homo erectus, an early human ancestor, based on ...

Researchers found 27 well-preserved bone tools, likely made from elephant and hippo leg bones, which seemed to have been shaped into hand axes ... candidates include Homo erectus, Homo habilis ...

Ignacio de la Torre, co-director of the excavation and a CSIC researcher, says the bone tools are from the Acheulean period, which is known as the age of the hand ... by Homo erectus, an extinct ...