Humans mastered tool making earlier than thought

Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 11:20 in Paleontology & Archaeology

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - A group of prehistoric people mastered a difficult and delicate process to sharpen stones into spears and knives at least 75,000 years ago, more than 50,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a report.

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