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  • Europe’s Oldest Elephant Bone Tool Reveals Unexpected Skill Among Early Humans in Britain

    Europe’s Oldest Elephant Bone Tool Reveals Unexpected Skill Among Early Humans in Britain

    Archaeologists working in southern England have identified what is now considered the oldest elephant bone tool ever documented in Europe—a discovery that reshapes how researchers understand the technological abilities of early human populations nearly 500,000 years ago. The artefact, a carefully shaped bone hammer, offers rare insight into how early humans in prehistoric Britain selected…

    January 22, 2026

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