Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A roughly 500,000-year-old elephant bone hammer has been discovered in Boxgrove, England. This find is said to be the oldest tool ...

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A closeup of the elephant bone tool’s striking surface, showing the marks of it being struck against flint tools. A remarkable prehistoric hammer made from elephant bone, dating back nearly half a ...

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A roughly 500,000-year-old elephant bone hammer has been discovered in Boxgrove, England. This find is said to be the oldest tool of its kind ever found in Europe. Archaeologists from University ...