michael<p>5-Mar-2025<br>Prehistoric bone tool ‘factory’ hints at early development of abstract reasoning in human ancestors<br>The oldest collection of mass-produced prehistoric bone tools reveal that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanAncestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanAncestors</span></a> were likely capable of more advanced abstract reasoning one million years earlier than thought, finds a new study involving researchers at UCL and CSIC.</p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1075635" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eurekalert.org/news-releases/1</span><span class="invisible">075635</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanEvolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanEvolution</span></a></p>