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jan 1, 1498000 BC - First bone tools

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The oldest excavated bone tools are from Africa, dated to about 1.5 million years ago. It is widely accepted that they appeared and developed in Africa before any other geographic region. A very famous excavation of bone tools is that of the Blombos Cave in South Africa.

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jan 1, 1498000 BC
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~ 1501022 years ago

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