Oldowan pebble tools are the oldest formally recognized stone tools, dating back to 2.6 million years ago. They were primarily used for tasks such as breaking bones to access marrow and slicing meat.

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Oldowan Pebble Tools

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Oldowan pebble tools

A) were found at the same site and stratigraphic layer as the Ardipithecus kadabba fossils, dramatically pushing back in time the onset of stone tool use to the late Miocene.
B) contain evidence that they were used on fellow hominins, providing the earliest evidence of human warfare and cannibalism.
C) include elaborate axes and spears.
D) were also used to decorate burial sites, suggesting very early symbolic thought.
E) represent the oldest formally recognized stone tools.

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