Archaeologists discover the world's oldest stone tools

Archaeologists discover the world's oldest stone tools
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A team of scientists in Kenya has discovered the oldest known stone tools, but their creators remain a mystery.

The tools are 3.3 million years old, an astonishing 700,000 years older than the previous record holder. But that's not the strangest part — the tools are older than the Homo genus' earliest humans, BBC News reports.

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.