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Nature August 2010 PMID 20703305

Evidence for stone-tool-assisted consumption of animal tissues before 3.39 million years ago at Dikika, Ethiopia.

Shannon P McPherron, Zeresenay Alemseged, Curtis W Marean, Jonathan G Wynn, Denné Reed, Denis Geraads, René Bobe, Hamdallah A Béarat

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Discussions demonstrate strong interest through sharing videos on Paranthropus and human evolution, with comments praising the research's importance and implications. The tone varies from curiosity to supportive analysis, reflecting a collective recognition of the study's relevance to understanding early tool use and human ancestry.

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  • The discovery at Dikika, Ethiopia, provides the earliest confirmed evidence of stone tool use for cutting animal flesh and accessing marrow, dating between 342 and 324 million years ago, which is about 800,000 years older than previous evidence.
  • The bones with stone tool marks were found in a geological layer close to Gona and Bouri, with precise dating confirming that this behavior predates 339 million years ago.
  • This finding suggests that early hominins, specifically Australopithecus afarensis, were capable of using stone tools for hunting or scavenging purposes much earlier than previously thought.
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Stefan Milosavljevich
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Here it is my latest and perhaps best vid. Paranthropus. Feat. @StonesAndSkulls https://t.co/df7BWfbbtB

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@markcsamuelson @scottsantens Actually hunter gathers only spend about 2 hours a day looking for foods. https://t.co/OADWXNohqN ➡️ https://t.co/DHocPjKRzO

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Highly recommend giving this video about Paranthropus by @Historysmilo a watch! Really great info & well presented. I definitely learned a few things. He covers similar topics to us (stone age arch & anthro) so subscribe to his channel while you're there! https://t.co/Fel54KWKNc

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Paranthropus Evolution and Early Hominin Behavior

Explores the evolution of Paranthropus and examines evidence for early stone tool use in accessing animal tissues, highlighting findings from Dikika, Ethiopia, which push back the timeline of such behavior to over 3.4…

Stefan Milo · Aug 24, 2019 651,846 views
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@RealCanuckLib @Dr_Keefer Mossel bay South Africa https://t.co/OADWXNohqN Food For Thought: Meat-Based Diet Made Us Smarter https://t.co/MHFqY62qeq Evidence for Stone-Tool-Assisted Consumption of Animal Tissues before 3.39 million years ago at Dikika, https://t.co/DHocPjKRzO

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@_ShinyMarshmall Paranthropus mencionado. Momento de mencionar curiosidad cursed (min 12:26) : https://t.co/qWzpR1NzYf

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@AsHuman1180 @DanielRemy86 @tempusultima Eli paleodietillä ei syöty jauhoja kuin hetken kivikauden lopussa. Paleodietti on mm että syö pelkkiä eläinperäsiä tuotteita. Antropologien ethnografisessa metodissa on ongelmia, tosin myös arkeologiassa, mutta se on mun mielestä parempi keino saada tietoa https://t.co/JI2JJexlXv

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Human evolution over 3mill yrs, we have same ancestors like chimpanzees .. https://t.co/98UBLQaD2o

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Stefan is awfully good @ what he does. YouTube vlogging. Anthropology from the way back. He even includes footnotes for all of his vlogs. #paleontology #anthropology #StefanMilo #YouTuber #vlogger Watch "Paranthropus Evolution" on YouTube https://t.co/rXXCy06VKC

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thalesnemo
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@biohack9 @KetoCarnivore @Regenarian @lexfridman @BenBikmanPhD @GeorgiaEdeMD Only an unlettered comment from a religiously motivated VEGAN ! Veganism is a religiously based belief system unrooted from reality ! HUMANS HAVE TOOLS AND FIRE -DUH https://t.co/DHocPjKRzO ➡️ https://t.co/MHFqY62qeq ➡️ https://t.co/CnCbU57yV4 ➡️ https://t.co/u088YWbiBx

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@markcsamuelson @scottsantens Actually hunter gathers only spend about 2 hours a day looking for foods. https://t.co/OADWXNohqN ➡️ https://t.co/DHocPjKRzO

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Gustav Svärd
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@JessthePrequel Since we're talking about herpes down there, let's not forget that HSV-2 is something we caught from Chimps 1.6 million years ago. https://t.co/BypY8CBC1n

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Igor Brejc
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Chris O'Donnell
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Interesting Watch! Abt OUR SHARED ANCESTRY. & thts why Im BAFFLED? How do we continue to breed so much hate & prejudice against eachothr? & over skin, religion & heritage? Whn its really the rich & powerful versus the masses... The greed must b stopped! https://t.co/aqhjA4ccEO

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Yimby Earth
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@CathyReisenwitz My bad, it's from chimps. About 1.6 MYA. 12.25 into this video explains: https://t.co/Pae94PhU0c

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the lost yank
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RT @Historysmilo: Here it is my latest and perhaps best vid. Paranthropus. Feat. @StonesAndSkulls https://t.co/df7BWfbbtB

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@CooksUpAStory I actually don't write but make videos on archaeology. https://t.co/df7BWeTAC3

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Do the Damn Research!
@DamnResearch · X

Highly recommend giving this video about Paranthropus by @Historysmilo a watch! Really great info & well presented. I definitely learned a few things. He covers similar topics to us (stone age arch & anthro) so subscribe to his channel while you're there! https://t.co/Fel54KWKNc

Aug 25, 2019 · 2 likes · 1,613 followers View post →
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@Historysmilo · X

Here it is my latest and perhaps best vid. Paranthropus. Feat. @StonesAndSkulls https://t.co/df7BWfbbtB

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