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Vol 1 Ep 2 - The australopithecines ( Lucy )

History of the World podcast

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The Mystery of Tols

In 20 en in the lower oash valley of ethiopia, some animal bones were discovered with cut marks on them. If this was genuine, then it demonstrated that stone tools must have been manufactured and used before sexisted. Just a few years later, it was strongly suggested that these cutmarks could feasibly have been created by crocodile bites. In 20 15, yet another discovery was made. This time it was in neighbouring kenya. It wasn't cut marks on bones, but the actual tools themselves. They were three point three million years old.

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