Stone Age
2 recorded milestones at this point in the record.
A systematic tradition of choppers, scrapers and hammerstones associated with Homo habilis.
Why it mattered
The first true technological tradition, transmitted across generations.
Hominins struck large cobbles with hammerstones to produce heavy cutting flakes, a technique older than the Oldowan refinements.
Why it mattered
Shows toolmaking began before the genus Homo was fully established.
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East Africa
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