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480,000-year-old elephant bone tool from Boxgrove is the oldest discovered in Europe
Archaeologists have identified a tool dating to around 500,000 years ago made from elephant bone, at the Boxgrove site in southern England, which presents the oldest known tool made of elephant bone in Europe. The fragment, with dimensions reaching 11 cm in length, 6 cm in width, and 3 cm in thickness, shows..
More info: https://archaeologymag.com/2026/01/480000-year-old-elephant-bone-tool-from-boxgrove/
