Wed. 01/11 - Earliest Human Tools Just Monkey Business?
Were the first stone tools in the Americas made, not by ancient humans, but by monkeys? Plus, could color-changing cars be in our future? And will other nations follow New Zealand’s lead on banning cigarettes to future generations?
Links:
Monkeys – Not Humans – Made Ancient Sets of Stone Tools in Brazil, Study Finds (ScienceAlert)
Scientists prove that tools attributed to ancient humans were made by ancestors of capuchin monkeys (CONICET)
Ancient Stone Tools Once Thought to be Made by Humans Were Actually Crafted by Monkeys, Say Archaeologists (Artnet News)
These monkeys are 3000 years into…
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