Monday, February 12, 2007

Chimps used stone tools 4300 years ago

Chimpanzees may have been using stone "hammers" as long as 4,300 years ago. An international research team, led by archaeologist Julio Mercader of the University of Calgary, Canada, said Monday it had uncovered the hammers, dated to that time, in the West African country Ivory Coast. It would be the earliest known use of tools by chimpanzees.

Man the tool maker...oops wait...;)

A bit more seriously, this is definitely disputed.

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