Australopithecus garhi
ï 2.5 million years old; discovered at Bouri, Ethiopia (1999)
ï Found with butchered animal bonesómay be oldest toolmaker. Oldest stone tools are also about 2.5 million years old
ï Ancestral to Homo? It was in the right place at the right time, and it shows Homo-like toolmaking behavior. . .
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