An ancient tool found in China could rewrite the story of the human race

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Dr. Zhaoyu Zhu at the Chinese Academy of Sciences found nearly 100 stone tools. were made by primitive "hominids" living between 1.3 and 2.1 million years ago

Some of the tools have jagged edges, suggesting that they were crushed several times against other rocks.

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Others show evidence of being honed by their owners.

Professor Robin Dennell of Exeter University said, "Our discovery means that it is necessary to reconsider the moment humans have left Africa

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The objects were found in layers of earth covering nearly a million years ago , suggesting that the first humans lived a long time. time in the region.