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An undated handout photograph shows the Nyayanga site on the Homa Peninsula of Lake Victoria in southwestern Kenya, where hundreds of stone tools dating to roughly 2.9 million years ago made by early human ancestors were found, also known as the Oldowan toolkit, were used to butcher hippos and pound plant material, according to new research led by an international team of scientists. Photo by J.S. Oliver, Homa Peninsula Paleoanthropology Project/Handout via REUTERS

Science Feb 09

Stone Age discovery in Kenya fuels mystery of who made the earliest tools

By Maddie Burakoff, Associated Press

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