A5022880518- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
National Museum of Natural History
2023
Smithsonian Institution
2023
Arizona State Museum
2023
The oldest Oldowan tool sites, from around 2.6 million years ago, have previously been confined to Ethiopia’s Afar Triangle. We describe sites at Nyayanga, Kenya, dated 3.032 2.581 ago and expand this distribution by over 1300 kilometers. Furthermore, we found two hippopotamid butchery associated with mosaic vegetation a C 4 grazer–dominated fauna. Tool flaking proficiency was comparable that of younger assemblages, but pounding activities were more common. use-wear bone damage indicate...